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U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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First inauguration in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington , D.C. George Washington was sworn in for his first term on a balcony of Federal Hall in New York City in 1789 .

Thomas Jefferson brought the inauguration to Washington in 1801 .

Lyndon Baines Johnson was the first and only president sworn in aboard Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas , Texas .