In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said the United ... William Earl Weeks, an American historian, writes in his book, John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire, that there are three ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — There are so many traditions on Inauguration Day ... Presidents can choose another book, for example, John Quincy Adams swore the Oath of Office with his hand on a law ...

During his oath, Trump did not place his hand atop the Bible, a moment that quickly took over on social media as people watching at home took notice. #BREAKING: Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th ...

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat ...

John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and Andrew Johnson. Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years. In 2025, Inauguration Day falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Inauguration Day is typically ...

John Quincy Adams used a law text for his 1825 inauguration. Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal as he was sworn in aboard Air Force One after John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Several of his successors did so as well. I am pretty sure that his son, John Quincy Adams, didn’t attend Andrew Jackson’s inauguration. Andrew Johnson skipped Grant’s. Wilson was ill when ...

Three have: John Adams in 1801, John Quincy Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869. The first Adams left the capital early the morning of the inauguration, and never indicated why. The second Adams, ...

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the ...

According to the Library of Congress, John Quincy Adams took the oath of office on a law book instead of the Bible during his inauguration in 1825. In a diary entry he explained that the gesture ...