Walk into Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan ... The first presidential inauguration of George Washington was a very exciting day in New York City. "George Washington was staying at his home in ...

The inauguration’s one requirement ... before the Supreme Court was created. George Washington was sworn in at New York City's Federal Hall in April 1789, by a state official, Robert Livingston.

Instead, Washington's inauguration was held in New York City ... would soon become the first presidential mansion — to Federal Hall on Wall Street. He was escorted by 500 military men.

He did so on the second-floor balcony of Federal Hall before following members of Congress to the Senate Chamber where Washington delivered the first inaugural address In an early prototype of ...

New York City's Federal Hall in 1789 and Congress Hall in Philadelphia in 1793. 6. George Washington also had the shortest inaugural address, saying just 135 words at his second inauguration in 1793.

While Monday's inauguration ceremony ... D.C. President George Washington was sworn in for his first term on April 27, 1789, on a balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, which was serving ...