James Madison was the president who was inaugurated in 1809.
James Madison in 1809
they were $4 per person.
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.
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
President Obama's 2009 Commander in Chief's Inaugural Ball - 2009 TV is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved
Yes- every inauguration is a reason for a ball.
President Obama's 2009 Commander in Chief's Inaugural Ball - 2009 TV was released on: USA: 19 January 2009 (series 1)
Yes scholar and African American writer and abolitionist did attend Lincoln's Second Inaugural Ball in 1864.
Yes, a "ball" is an elegant dance party, as in President Barrack Obama's "Inaugural Ball," or "Black and White Ball," or "Grand Ball," etc.
Inaugural Ball