But the tradition of making a statement through clothing goes back to 1912, when Helen Taft donated her gown from the inaugural ball to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

Inauguration trivia reveals a trove of presidential ... the incoming president from a stand in front of the White House. Helen Taft, in 1909, was the first woman to accompany her husband back ...

On a blustery March 4, 1841, on the East Portico of the Capitol, William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in ...