President William Henry Harrison died exactly one month after he delivered a nearly two hour inaugural address in the rain and cold.
On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison delivered what is the longest inaugural address in United States history, both in terms of its word count and length of time. His speech consisted of a whopping 8,445 words — over 3,000 more than the next-longest inaugural address, from William Howard Taft — and lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Expect Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., to be abnormally cold and windy. Here’s what to know about the Inauguration Day forecast ahead of the historic day.
The presidential inauguration ceremony will take place on what could be the coldest inauguration day since 1985.
Bitter cold – along with a chance of snow – is in the latest forecast for President-elect Donald J. Trump's Inauguration Day.
Inauguration Day weather has a long history of challenges. William Henry Harrison’s 1841 ceremony is infamous.
The weather forecast in Washington, D.C., calls for a high of 24. That's much colder than the predicted high of 70 at Trump's Florida estate.
Since inaugurations started to be held outside in 1817, Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, inaugurations took place indoors.
It was 48 degrees at noon on Jan. 20, 2017, when Donald J. Trump was first sworn in as president at the Capitol. This time around, with a forecast high of only 23 degrees, he would have been taking the oath during one of the coldest inaugurations in decades.
The presidential inauguration has been moved indoors because of the cold weather forecasted for Washington D.C. Monday. There have been a few other presidential inaugurations held inside because of weather.
A president’s inauguration is a historic day, where scores of Americans travel across the country to see their new president get sworn in and give their first speech as commander in chief.
The decision means the 250,000 people who had tickets to view the inauguration outside will no longer be able to do so - with a live viewing now taking place at the nearby Capital One Arena.