In 2017, at the age of 70, Donald Trump first became the oldest president to be inaugurated, surpassing Ronald Reagan, who was just about to turn 70 on inauguration day in 1981.
Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat tradition? Here are some tidbits you might not know about Inauguration Day.
Imagine Donald Trump wearing a top hat. He would have had to if his inauguration had been a few decades earlier, when the hat was required attire at the ceremony for the incoming president.