George Washington
April 30, 1789
First inauguration, in then-capital New York City

Thomas Jefferson
March 4, 1801
First inauguration in Washington, DC; first to walk to and from inaugural; first newspaper extra of an inaugural address

James Polk
March 4, 1845
First covered by telegraph; first featured in newspaper illustration

James Buchanan
March 4, 1857
First known to be photographed

Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1865
First time African-Americans participated in inaugural parade

William McKinley
March 4, 1897
First recorded by motion picture camera

William Taft
March 4, 1909
First use of an automobile in inaugural parade (President Taft was not an occupant)

Woodrow Wilson
March 5, 1917
First time women participated in inaugural parade

Warren Harding
March 4, 1921
First to ride to and from inaugural in automobile; first use of loudspeakers

Calvin Coolidge
March 4, 1925
First broadcast by national radio

The inauguration of Harry S. Truman, January 20, 1949, was the first to be televised. (AP) More Photos

Franklin Roosevelt
January 20, 1937
First inauguration on date specified by 20th amendment

Franklin Roosevelt
January 20, 1945
First and only time a president was inaugurated for a fourth term (the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1951, restricts a president to two terms)

Harry Truman
January 20, 1949
First broadcast on television

Lyndon Johnson
November 22, 1963
First oath administered in an airplane (Air Force One, in Dallas, Texas, following Kennedy’s assassination); first sworn in by a woman (U.S. District Judge Sarah Hughes)

Gerald Ford
August 4, 1974
First unelected vice president to assume the presidency

Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977
First time handicap-accessible viewing for the parade provided

Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981
First closed-captioning of television broadcast for hearing impaired

William Clinton
January 20, 1997
First broadcast live on Internet

George W. Bush
January 20, 2001
First time a former president (George H.W. Bush) attended his son’s inauguration