Did Harry Truman attend Richard Nixon's 1968 inauguration?

Outgoing President Truman and former President Hoover at Eisenhower's 1953 Inaugural. The presence of .... Adams did attend the 1837 inauguration of Martin Van Buren simply as a witness, not with any seat of honor or privilege as a former President, but simply with the huddle of Congressmen. read more

Truman would have been 84 on the date of Nixon’s first inauguration. As an octogenarian and a target of Nixon’s intense criticism during the Korean War, it is unsurprising that Truman would have stayed home in Missouri. read more

The first inauguration of Richard Nixon as the 37th President of the United States was held on Monday, January 20, 1969, at the east portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term of Richard Nixon as President and of Spiro Agnew as Vice President. Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the presidential oath of office to Nixon, and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen administered the vice presidential oath to Agnew. read more

Truman also restarted the tradition of an official inaugural ball, which had disappeared since the inauguration of William Howard Taft in 1909. The day before the inaugural ceremony, Truman signed a law doubling President's salary to $100,000 a year—the first such increase since Ulysses S. Grant's salary doubled to $50,000 in 1873. read more