refusal to attend their successors' inaugurations.

John Adams in 1801, John Quincy Adams in 1829 and Andrew Johnson in 1869 -- refused to attend their successors' inaugurations.

All three were single term Presidents and John and John Quincy Adams (father and son) were the first two presidents to serve single terms. Andrew Johnson was probably the most reviled POTUS in America's history, and is not shocking that he didn't want to go to his successors' inaugurations.

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner who sympathized with the Union during the civil war. He was nominated for VP by Abraham Lincoln for the obvious political reason that it showed the South that they would be included in the new government post civil war. Of course, Abe was shot to death, and northerners and southerners both hated Andrew Johnson.

One Term or Less but did not die in office.

1. 2nd John Adams • March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 One full term --------------------------------
2. 6th John Quincy Adams • March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 One full term --------------------------------
3. 8th Martin Van Buren • March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 One full term
4. 10th John Tyler • April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 One partial term (3 years and 11 months)
5. 11th James K. Polk • March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 One full term
6. 13th Millard Fillmore • July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 One partial term (2 years, 7 months, and 23 days)
7. 14th Franklin Pierce • March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 One full term
8. 15th James Buchanan • March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 One full term
9. 17th Andrew Johnson • April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 One partial term (3 years, 10 months, and 17 days) -------------------------
10. 21st Chester A. Arthur • September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 One partial term (3 years, 5 months, and 13 days)
11. 19th Rutherford B. Hayes • March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 One full term
12. 23rd Benjamin Harrison • March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 One full term
13. 27th William Howard Taft • March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 One full term
14. 31st Herbert Hoover • March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 One full term
15. 38th Gerald Ford • August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 One partial term (2 years, 5 months, and 11 days)
16. 39th Jimmy Carter • January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 One full term
17. 41st George H. W. Bush • January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 One full term

But all in all, even among single term Presidents, attending your successor's innauguration, has been an important symbol of the nation's continuity and the peaceful transfer of power.

Trump may violate the tradition and even decide to upstage Biden's innauguration. That is apalling.

Quote: Pacomartin

Trump may violate the tradition and even decide to upstage Biden's innauguration. That is apalling.

I have a bet, I'm not sure I'm at liberty to say with whom, that Trump will show up. I am starting to not like my side.

Quote: Pacomartin

But all in all, even among single term Presidents, attending your successor's innauguration, has been an important symbol of the nation's continuity and the peaceful transfer of power.

Trump may violate the tradition and even decide to upstage Biden's innauguration. That is apalling.

One of the greatest traditions not only for the USA but for the planet
The peaceful transition of power

Quote: Wizard

I have a bet, I'm not sure I'm at liberty to say with whom, that Trump will show up. I am starting to not like my side.

The man acts totally on a whim. If someone convinces him that he will look poorly in the history books, he may decide to attend a week before.