President Obama's inauguration brought to mind a few comparatives of interest with other past Presidents. He was the ninth President to take office in his forties (47). He was the first President born in Hawaii as well as outside the continental United States. This would make him the 20th President who was a resident of a state other than his birth place. The native Hawaiian would be the third President from Illinois after Lincoln and Grant. Mr. Obama is the 8th left handed President following William Jefferson Clinton. There was a left handed President from 1981 to 2001 which is strange considering the number of left handed people in the population. James Garfield would be the first left handed President. As I watch the inauguration I was curious when the tradition of an inaugural review started from in front of the White House. President Garfield was the first President to have such a review. Mr. Obama would also be the fifth President to be sworn in from the west portico of the White House with Ronald Reagan being the first.
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