When Biden hosted a private swearing-in ceremony on inauguration day, the guest list was a who's who of key party and early-state figures.
Just before the Inauguration, Long contributed a guest column to Variety in which he advised his fellow-denizens of Hollywood on how they might handle Trump's unwelcome ascent.
In 2008 Mr Tsapok boasted that he was among the guests at the inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev as Russia's president, according to Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper.
No less ironic were the scenes that evening when the streets filled with stretch limos, shiny SUVs, and speeding taxis carrying guests to the inauguration balls.
Among the guests at the inauguration ceremony was the former first lady, Jewel Taylor, who sat on the dais with the other dignitaries, fanning herself.
In Mr. Polis's first essay, he said he had hosted eight guests for the inauguration, been asked to join the rules committee, "and gotten lost (repeatedly) in the labyrinthine passageways beneath the Capitol and House office buildings".
In 1929, when Herbert Hoover invited the Mayers to the White House — they were the first "informal" guests after his inauguration — Hearst's New York American gave the visit a full column.
The Express relegates Bush to page 15 (though it does point out that guests at the inauguration consumed 21,000 enchiladas, 20,000 quesadillas, 25,000 pastries and 3,000lbs of beef) - and finds itself a social security story to lead on.
Citizens in Alabama celebrated with a full-scale re-enactment of the swearing in of the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, in front of 50,000 spectators, followed by an inauguration ball attended by 5,000 guests.
"I believe my most important aims will be to protect civil and economic freedoms," Medvedev told guests at his inauguration on Wednesday.
