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It was the last official inaugural ball until 1949, as Taft's successor as president, Woodrow Wilson, asked the city of Washington not to hold it, thereby putting a temporary end to the practice. The tradition of inaugural balls was revived in 1949 as part of the second inauguration of Harry S. Truman. [4]
August 2 - The Lincoln Center is made available to the public. August 5 - Taft signs the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act into law. August 7 - Taft relocates to his Summer White House in Beverly, Massachusetts. [8] September 14 - Taft embarks on a tour throughout the United States. September 21 - Taft establishes the Shoshone Cavern National Monument.
Taft's presidential inauguration was held on March 4, 1909. Due to a winter storm that coated Washington with ice, Taft was sworn in within the Senate Chamber rather than outside the Capitol, as is customary. Taft stated in his inaugural address that he had been honored to have been "one of the advisers of my distinguished predecessor" and to ...
Democrats implemented the virtual roll call nomination process as a workaround. The Ohio legislature postponed the date to August 23, but Democrats continued with the virtual roll call as planned, [405] as the bill does not take effect until September 1. [406] August 15–18: The 2024 Green National Convention is held online. [407]
Dec. 11: States must submit certified slates of presidential electors by this date to the archivist of the United States as part of a 2022 federal law intended to avoid a repeat of the chaos after ...
The closest instance of there being no qualified person to take the presidential oath of office on Inauguration Day happened in 1877 when the disputed election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden was decided and certified in Hayes' favor just three days before the inauguration (then March 4). It might have been a possibility on ...
[161] [230] Taft similarly remains known for another physical characteristic—as the last president with facial hair to date. [231] Mason called Taft's years in the White House "undistinguished". [211] Coletta deemed Taft to have had a solid record of bills passed by Congress, but felt he could have accomplished more with political skill. [232]
Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas. At ...