The Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 presented by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
  • April 30, 1789
    First Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: George Washington
    Vice President: John Adams

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  • Jean Leon Gerome Ferris/Library of Congress

    March 4, 1793
    Second Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: George Washington
    Vice President: John Adams

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1797
    Third Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: John Adams
    Vice President: Thomas Jefferson

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1801
    Fourth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Thomas Jefferson
    Vice President: Aaron Burr

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1805
    Fifth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Thomas Jefferson
    Vice President: George Clinton

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1809
    Sixth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James Madison
    Vice President: George Clinton

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1813
    Seventh Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James Madison
    Vice President: Elbridge Gerry

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1817
    Eighth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James Monroe
    Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1821
    Ninth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James Monroe
    Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1825
    Tenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: John Quincy Adams
    Vice President: John C. Calhoun

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    March 4, 1829
    Eleventh Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Andrew Jackson
    Vice President: John C. Calhoun

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1833
    Twelfth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Andrew Jackson
    Vice President: Martin Van Buren

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1837
    Thirteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Martin Van Buren
    Vice President: Richard M. Johnson

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1841
    Fourteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William H. Harrison
    Vice President: John Tyler

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  • Library of Congress

    April 6, 1841
    Swearing-In of Vice President John Tyler after the death of President William H. Harrison

    President: John Tyler

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1845
    Fifteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James K. Polk
    Vice President: George M. Dallas

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  • Library of Congress

    March 5, 1849
    Sixteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Zachary Taylor
    Vice President: Millard Fillmore

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  • Library of Congress

    July 10, 1850
    Swearing-In of Vice President Millard Fillmore after the death of President Zachary Taylor

    President: Millard Fillmore

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1853
    Seventeenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Franklin Pierce
    Vice President: William King

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    March 4, 1857
    Eighteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James Buchanan
    Vice President: John C. Breckenridge

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1861
    Nineteenth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Abraham Lincoln
    Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1865
    Twentieth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Abraham Lincoln
    Vice President: Andrew Johnson

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  • Library of Congress

    April 15, 1865
    Swearing-In of Vice President Andrew Johnson after the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln

    President: Andrew Johnson

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  • Henry Wright Smith/Library of Congress

    March 4, 1869
    Twenty-First Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Ulysses S. Grant
    Vice President: Schuyler Colfax

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1873
    Twenty-Second Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Ulysses S. Grant
    Vice President: Henry Wilson

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  • Library of Congress

    March 5, 1877
    Twenty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Rutherford B. Hayes
    Vice President: William Wheeler

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1881
    Twenty-Fourth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James A. Garfield
    Vice President: Chester A. Arthur

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  • Library of Congress

    September 20, 1881
    Swearing-In of Vice President Chester Arthur after the assassination of President James Garfield

    President: Chester A. Arthur

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1885
    Twenty-Fifth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Grover Cleveland
    Vice President: Thomas Hendricks

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1889
    Twenty-Sixth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Benjamin Harrison
    Vice President: Levi P. Morton

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  • U.S. Senate Collection

    March 4, 1893
    Twenty-Seventh Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Grover Cleveland
    Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1897
    Twenty-Eighth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William McKinley
    Vice President: Garret Hobart

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1901
    Twenty-Ninth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William McKinley
    Vice President: Theodore Roosevelt

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  • Library of Congress

    September 14, 1901
    Swearing-In of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after the assasination of President William McKinley

    President: Theodore Roosevelt

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  • March 4, 1905
    Thirtieth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Theodore Roosevelt
    Vice President: Charles Fairbanks

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1909
    Thirty-First Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William H. Taft
    Vice President: James S. Sherman

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1913
    Thirty-Second Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Woodrow Wilson
    Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall

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  • March 5, 1917
    Thirty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Woodrow Wilson
    Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1921
    Thirty-Fourth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Warren G. Harding
    Vice President: Calvin Coolidge

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  • Library of Congress

    August 3, 1923
    Swearing-In of Vice President Calvin Coolidge after the death of President Warren G. Harding

    President: Calvin Coolidge

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1925
    Thirty-Fifth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Calvin Coolidge
    Vice President: Charles Dawes

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1929
    Thirty-Sixth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Herbert C. Hoover
    Vice President: Charles Curtis

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  • Library of Congress

    March 4, 1933
    Thirty-Seventh Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Vice President: John Nance Garner

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1937
    Thirty-Eighth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Vice President: John Nance Garner

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1941
    Thirty-Ninth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Vice President: Henry A. Wallace

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1945
    Fortieth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Vice President: Harry S. Truman

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  • Library of Congress

    April 12, 1945
    Swearing-In of Vice President Harry S. Truman after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    President: Harry S. Truman

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1949
    Forty-First Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Harry S. Truman
    Vice President: Alben W. Barkley

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1953
    Forty-Second Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

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  • Library of Congress

    January 20, 1957
    Forty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Vice President: Richard M. Nixon

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1961
    Forty-Fourth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: John F. Kennedy
    Vice President: Lyndon Baines Johnson

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  • November 22, 1963
    Swearing-In of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson after the assasination of President John F. Kennedy

    President: Lyndon Baines Johnson

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  • UPI/Library of Congress

    January 20, 1965
    Forty-Fifth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Lyndon Baines Johnson
    Vice President: Hubert Humphrey

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1969
    Forty-Sixth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Richard M. Nixon
    Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1973
    Forty-Seventh Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Richard M. Nixon
    Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew, Gerald R. Ford

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  • Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library

    August 9, 1974
    Swearing-In of Vice President Gerald R. Ford after the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon

    President: Gerald R. Ford
    Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1977
    Forty-Eighth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: James E. Carter
    Vice President: Walter Mondale

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1981
    Forty-Ninth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Ronald W. Reagan
    Vice President: George H.W. Bush

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  • U.S. Senate Photo Studio

    January 21, 1985
    Fiftieth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Ronald W. Reagan
    Vice President: George H.W. Bush

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1989
    Fifty-First Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: George H.W. Bush
    Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1993
    Fifty-Second Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William J. Clinton
    Vice President: Albert A. Gore Jr.

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 1997
    Fifty-Third Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: William J. Clinton
    Vice President: Albert A. Gore Jr.

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  • Architect of the Capitol/Library of Congress

    January 20, 2001
    Fifty-Fourth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: George W. Bush
    Vice President: Dick Cheney

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  • Architect of the Capitol

    January 20, 2005
    Fifty-Fifth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: George W. Bush
    Vice President: Dick Cheney

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  • U.S. Senate Photo Studio

    January 20, 2009
    Fifty-Sixth Inaugural Ceremonies

    President: Barack H. Obama
    Vice President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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  • The Platform

    Read facts and see slideshows of past platforms, who was sworn-in on them and their construction.

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  • Facts, Firsts and Precedents

    Coolidge assumed the Presidency upon the death of Warren G. Harding. Harding died of an apparent stroke on August 2, 1923, in San Francisco, California.

    Swearing-In of Vice President Calvin Coolidge after the death of President Warren G. Harding

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  • Committee

    Every four years, upon passage of a concurrent resolution, the Committee is established and members appointed to plan and execute all Inaugural activities at the U.S. Capitol, including the swearing-in ceremonies.

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