The first president to have an inaugural ball held for him in 1809 was James Madison.
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they were $4 per person.
Martha Ball Washington.
Although his friends made George Washington the guest of honor at a ball about a week after he took office as the first president, the first inaugural event that was like the modern inaugural balls was for James Madison in 1809. His wife, Dolley, organized a ball at Long's Hotel in Washington and charged a substantial admission to collect campaign funds just as in done now.
Thomas Jefferson was the first and probably only president to walk to and from his inauguration.
$140 Million. 2005 inaugural ball cost $40 Million. I guess we know where the stimulus was spent.
On March 4,1813 at Madison second inaugural ball, ice cream was served.
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Rock and Roll Inaugural Ball - 1993 - TV was released on: USA: 29 January 1993
Franklin Pierce and Calvin Coolidge cancelled the inaugural balls.
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