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Inauguration buzz hasn't changed much over the years, and it's perfectly polite to talk both politics and weather, because weather has definitely been a player. At Ulysses S. Grant's 1873 ball, held in a temporary shelter in 16-degree weather, visitors shivered and the food froze. -
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administers the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., March 5, 1877. (One half of a stereo view.) -
President James A, Garfield views inauguration ceremonies from a review stand in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1881. -
President Warren G. Harding waves to the crowd from the inaugural stand at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1921. -
Looking rather dejected, outgoing President Herbert Hoover is seated in car with President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as they left the White House for the Capitol for FDR's inauguration as the 32nd President of the United States, March 4, 1933. -
The Florida float rounds the corner on Pennsylvania Ave. during the inaugural parade for President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1949. (Harry S. Truman Library/National Archives/MCT) -
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower, left, uttered the prayer with which he preceded his inaugural address, Jan, 20, 1953, Washington, D.C. At right are Vice Pres. Richard Nixon and Former Pres. Harry Truman. -
Mrs. John F. Kennedy had a chuck under the chin for her husband moments after he became President, in this Jan. 20, 1961 file photo. This exclusive picture by AP photographer Henry Burroughs, was taken in the rotunda of the capitol just after President Kennedy left the inaugural stand. -
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President of the United States of America in the cabin of the presidential plane as Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stands at his side in this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo. The assassination of President Kennedy forced Johnson to take the oath of office under tragic circumstances, without the usual pomp and ceremony. -
President Richard Nixon waves from the presidential limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1969. -
On August 9, 1974. Gerald Ford takes the oath of office as President of the United States. Administering the oath is Chief Justice Warren Burger as Mrs. Ford watches. The ceremony took place as Richard Nixon's resignation became effective. -
Outgoing President Gerald R. Ford extends his hand to President-elect Jimmy Carter as they stand together on the Inauguration Stand at the Capitol before Carter was sworn in, January 20, 1977. -
President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan wave during Reagan's first inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1981. -
President George Bush, left, is congratulated by outgoing President Ronald Reagan after Bush took the oath of office as the 41st president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Friday, Jan. 20, 1989. Shown at left is first lady Barbara Bush and applauding at right is Nancy Reagan. -
William Jefferson Clinton, with his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea at his side, takes the oath of office as 42nd president of the United States from Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the west steps of the Capitol in Washington Jan. 20, 1993. -
President George W. Bush talks to his father, former President Bush as he sits at his desk in the Oval Office for the first time on Inaugural Day, Jan. 20, 2001. -
President Bush takes the oath of office with first lady Laura Bush at his side at the US Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005.
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