U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
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These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.
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Trump triumphantly returns to Capitol for inauguration — the very place Democrats tried to destroy him
Just as fate brought Donald Trump improbably back to the presidency, there is cosmic irony in the last-minute change of venue for his swearing-in today.
Presidential history: The time and place of presidential inaugurations
A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.
Trump likely to sign executive orders at Capitol, then at Capitol One Arena, sources say
President-elect Donald Trump is likely to sign executive orders at the U.S. Capitol after his swearing-in Monday and then additional ones later at Capitol One Arena in the afternoon where the inaugural parade and entertainment were moved because of frigid weather in Washington, sources told ABC News on Sunday.
Trump Transition Updates: Trump Arrives in Washington and Hosts Event at Virginia Club
The who’s who of Silicon Valley and Washington converged at Peter Thiel’s Beaux-Arts mansion in D.C. on Saturday evening, as the power brokers gathered in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump.