Luckily, Helen Taft made sure that her gowns stayed intact ... Eleanor Roosevelt attended more inaugural balls than any other First Lady—after all, her husband was elected four times.

Still, the presidential inauguration has long been an opportunity for the first lady to make an immediate ... clothing goes back to 1912, when Helen Taft donated her gown from the inaugural ...

He and his wife, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, also rode in the Pierce Arrow, a six-cylinder car with 48 horsepower. This vehicle also featured the U.S. seal on the doors but was blue instead.