Swearing-In Ceremony for President Rutherford B. Hayes
Twenty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies, March 5, 1877
Inaugural Address
‘Fellow-Citizens: We have assembled to repeat the public ceremonial, begun by Washington, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time-honored custom, which marks the commencement of a new term of the Presidential office.’
Read the address
(Words: 2481)
Presidential Oath of Office
Administered to Rutherford B. Hayes by the Honorable Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Twenty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies
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Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite administering the oath of office to Rutherford B. Hayes on a flag-draped inaugural stand on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, 1877
- Bible Used: Bible provided by D. W. Middleton, Clerk of the Supreme Court, open to Psalm 118:11-13.
- Attire: Unknown
Vice Presidential Oath of Office
Administered to William Wheeler.
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President Pro Tem. Ferry Administering the Oath of Office to Vice-President Wheeler in the Senate Chamber, March 5, 1877.
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Location
East Portico,
U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC -
Facts, Firsts & Precedents
March 4, 1877 fell on Sunday, so Hayes privately took oath of office on Saturday, March 3 in the White House Red Room to ensure peaceful transition of power; the public Inauguration was on Monday, March 5.
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Weather
Cloudy with brief periods of light snow. Estimated noon temperature of 35°F.