Presidential Precedents

FDR was the first president to be sworn in on January 20th. It had been March 20th until then, but the 20th amendment changed that. Harry Truman’s second inauguration (pollsters expected Dewey’s first) was the first to be televised, Carter was the first president to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and John Adams was the first departing president to skip the inauguration of his successor, Thomas Jefferson. Good luck President Biden.