QUESTIONS:
1. In 1985, Ronald Reagan was the last President to have his inauguration forced into the U.S. Capitol because of the cold. Who was the most recent President before him to take the oath of office inside the Capitol because of cold weather?
2. Both the father and mother of George W. Bush saw him take the oath of office as President January 20. Who was the last President before him to have both parents witness his inauguration?
3. First Lady Laura Bush held the Bible on which her husband took the oath of office. What President began this tradition of the First Lady??¢â???¬â???¢s participating in the oath-taking ceremony by holding the Bible?
4. George W. Bush is the fourth President in history to have a relative with the same name precede him in the office. Can you name the other three?
5. Who was the first President to ride to his inauguration in an automobile rather than a horse-drawn carriage?
ANSWERS:
1. William Howard Taft in 1909.
2. John F. Kennedy in 1961.
3. Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, who asked wife Lady Bird to hold the Bible rather than have it held by the clerk of the Supreme Court, as had previously been the tradition.
4. John Quincy Adams (preceded by father John Adams), Benjamin Harrison (preceded by grandfather William Henry Harrison), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (preceded by cousin Theodore Roosevelt).
5. Warren G. Harding in 1920.
