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1797: First chief justice to administer the oath
of office: Oliver Ellsworth, for John Adams.
1857: First inauguration to be photographed
(James Buchanan).
1897: First video of the ceremony
(William McKinley).
1925: First radio
broadcast (Calvin
Coolidge).
1949: First televised
inauguration (Harry
Truman, right).
1997: First live Internet
broadcast (Bill Clinton).
On Friday, March 2, 1877,
Congress settled the
disputed 1876 election by
awarding 185 electoral votes
to Rutherford B. Hayes and
184 to Samuel Tilden.
Concerned that Tilden might
challenge the verdict by
taking the oath that Sunday,
Hayes went to the White
House on Saturday and was
secretly sworn in by Chief
Justice Morrison R. Waite as
President Ulysses S. Grant
looked on. Since Grant’s
term didn’t expire until noon
the next day, the country
technically had two sitting
presidents for a period of a
little over 12 hours.
“I…do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
I INAUGURATION DAY
hasn’t always been
Jan. 20. Until 1933,
the president was typically
sworn into office on
March 4 — the day the U.S.
Constitution took effect in
1789. The 20th
Amendment to the
Constitution effectively
moved the beginning and
end of the presidential and
vice presidential terms to
noon on Jan. 20, thus
shaving roughly six weeks
off the time when the
incumbent president and
vice president would be
serving as “lame ducks.”
C N H I G R A P H I C B Y
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INAUGURAL LOCATIONS
INAUGURAL FIRSTS
Date President City Location
1789 George Washington New York Balcony of Federal Hall
1793 George Washington Philadelphia Senate Chamber, Congress Hall
1797 John Adams Philadelphia House Chamber, Congress Hall
1817 James Monroe Washington Old Brick Capitol
1841 John Tyler Washington Brown’s Indian Queen Hotel
1865 Andrew Johnson Washington Kirkwood House
1881 Chester A. Arthur New York Arthur residence
1901 Theodore Roosevelt Buffalo, N.Y. Ansley Wilcox Mansion
1923 Calvin Coolidge Vermont Coolidge Homestead
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt Washington White House
1945 Harry S. Truman Washington White House
1963 Lyndon B. Johnson Dallas, Texas Air Force One
1974 Gerald R. Ford Washington White House
Most of the time, the inauguration has taken place at the U.S
Capitol — though the exact location has moved from inside the
Senate or House Chamber, under the rotunda, at one of the
porticos or on one of the exterior staircases.
The Capitol wasn’t finished for the first three inaugurations, and
it wasn’t available for use for the 8th ceremony — James
Monroe’s — because it had sustained heavy damage after being
set afire by the British during the War of 1812.
Because of failing health, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth
inauguration took place at the White House. The other eight times
a president took the oath at a location other than the Capitol was
because the previous president died or resigned (in blue).
National Park Service
The first inauguration of George Washington took place in 1789
on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York — the first capital.
FACTS AND
FIGURES
70 Age of Donald Trump,
who will be the oldest
president to be inaugurated.
Ronald Reagan was 69
when he took office in 1981.
42 Age of Theodore
Roosevelt when he
was sworn in as president
on Sept. 13, 1901, after the
death of William McKinley.
At age 43, John F. Kennedy
was the youngest president
to be formally inaugurated.
8,445 Words in
William Henry
Harrison’s inaugural
address in 1841. Harrison
spent nearly two hours
giving his address in cold,
wet conditions without an
overcoat or a hat.
135 Words in George
Washington’s
second inaugural address
in 1793, the shortest in
presidential history.
7 Degrees Fahrenheit at
Ronald Reagan’s
inauguration in 1985, the
coldest on record. Wind
chills at the time of the
ceremony were reportedly 10
to 20 degrees below zero.
Architect of the Capitol
The 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama is thought to have had the highest attendance in history.
William H. Harrison, right, took the
oath of office on March 4, 1841.
He traveled to Washington by
train — an inaugural first — and
delivered a nearly two-hour
speech, stopping near the end to
take the oath. Harrison insisted
on braving the elements — it was
windy and the temperature was
estimated at 48 degrees —
without a coat, gloves or hat. He
attended three inaugural balls
that evening. Historians widely
believe he contracted pneumonia
— though others say typhoid or a
similar illness was the more
probable condition — and died
31 days after his inauguration,
making his term as president the
shortest in U.S. history.
A FATEFUL INAUGURATION TWO PRESIDENTS
A mural depicting the first inauguration
to take place outside the U.S. Capitol
building can be found in the Capitol
Rotunda. Architect of the Capitol
Sources: Architect of the Capitol; Library of Congress; National Park Service; Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies