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The inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1909, at the Senate chamber inside the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., instead of the regular East Portico due to a blizzard.
March 4 - The Inauguration of William Howard Taft takes place. April 7 - Taft orders that the deaf be allowed to take the civil service exam. [1] April 19 - Taft attends a Major League Baseball game with Vice President James S. Sherman, the first such game to be spectated by a president. [2]
First president to ride to and from his inauguration in a car. [33] First president to appoint a former president (William Howard Taft) to the Supreme Court. [222] First president to give his inaugural address over an amplified system. [220] First president to own and install a radio in the White House. [220] First president to learn to drive a ...
President Joe Biden is sworn in during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
Service was swiftly restored to the popular short-form video app Sunday, ... In 1909, William Taft's presidential inauguration was held in the Senate chamber due to 10 inches of snow outside.
Donald Trump is not the only president to move his inauguration indoors because of frigid conditions
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1909, William H. Taft's inauguration was moved to the Senate Chamber due to a blizzard. [9] Then, in 1985, the public second inauguration of Ronald Reagan was held indoors in the Capitol Rotunda because of harsh weather conditions. [10]