Trump and Nixon are far from the only presidents to rake in money for inaugurations. Twelve years after Nixon's $4 million ceremony, Ronald Reagan set a record with a $20 million swearing-in that featured more elaborate celebrations, according to ethics watchdog Public Citizen.

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A North Jersey mansion listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.

President-elect Donald Trump selected opera tenor Christopher Macchio to perform the national anthem at Monday’s inauguration, at which Carrie Underwood will also perform “America the Beautiful.” Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations,

Richard Nixon invited Johnny Cash to the White House in an attempt to politically persuade and “neutralize” him.

"Nixon/King" rewrites a chapter of the civil rights movement and the 1960 presidential campaign in a purposely provocative way.

Richard Milhous Nixon, Law School ‘37, is the only U.S. president Duke has produced in its century. “Few came so far, so fast, so alone,” biographer John A. Farrell wrote about the man who graduated Duke at 24,

After serving as President Dwight Eisenhower's right-hand man for eight years, Nixon faced an uphill battle to the presidency, pitting him against John F. Kennedy, the press and his own conscience.

North Jersey home listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.

On July 15, Nixon announced to his nation’s surprise — and Taiwan’s distress — that he would visit China. The United Nations stripped the Republic of China of its position and gave its seat to the PRC in October, and by 1973, a slew of countries had broken ties with the island nation to establish diplomatic ties with the mainland.

Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of his childhood home. His gravestone is a simple black slab, the words from his inauguration speech carved in gold:

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — With his hand on the Bible that his great-grandmother gave him, and with his wife and children by his side, Middletown's JD Vance became the 50th Vice President of the United States when he took the oath of office at one minute past noon on Monday.