The Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 presented by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Swearing-In Ceremony for President William McKinley

Twenty-Ninth Inaugural Ceremonies, March 4, 1901

Inaugural Address

‘ My Fellow-Citizens: When we assembled here on the 4th of March, 1897, there was great anxiety with regard to our currency and credit.’

Read the address
(Words: 2215)

Presidential Oath of Office

Administered to William McKinley by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • Bible Used: Bible provided to him by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, open to Proverbs 16:20-21
  • Attire: Black suit, black coat

Vice Presidential Oath of Office

Administered to Theodore Roosevelt.

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  • Location

    East Portico,
    U.S. Capitol
    Washington, DC

    Weather

    Overcast. It rained overnight and then began again during the ceremony and ended at 3:45 pm. Total rainfall was 0.32 inches. Estimated noon temperature of 47°F.

  • Facts, Firsts & Precedents

    First time the U.S. House joined with the U.S. Senate, creating the JCCIC, to make Inaugural arrangements

  • Inaugural Committee