| First | President |
| First former vice president elected president | |
| First president to install a Christmas Tree in the White House | |
| First president from a state outside the original 13 colonies | |
| First president from west of the Mississippi River | |
| First president to travel to Europe while in office | |
| First president to ride in a helicopter | |
| First president to travel in an airplane | |
| First president with a stepmother | |
| First president not sworn in by a judge | |
| First president to have 'Hail to the Chief' played for him | |
| First union president to become president | |
| First president to be sworn in using a nickname | |