34TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
WARREN G.
HARDING
March 4, 1921
VICE PRESIDENT
CALVIN
COOLIDGE
March 4, 1921
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Sen. Philander C. Knox (R-PA), Chair
Sen. Knute Nelson (R-MN)
Sen. Lee S. Overman (D-NC)
Rep. Joseph G. Cannon (R-IL)
Rep. Charles F. Reavis (R-NE)
Rep. Charles M. Stedman (D-NC)
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Warren G. Harding was sworn-in as the 29th President of the United States, and Calvin Coolidge was sworn-in as the 29th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Sunny. Estimated temperature of 38°F.
Bible Used:
Same Bible used by George Washington, belonging to St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 1, open to Micah 6:8.
FACTS, FIRSTS, AND PRECEDENTS
First president to ride to and from his Inauguration in an automobile; President and Mrs. Harding and their immediate family ate lunch at the White House immediately following the Inauguration. The luncheon was arranged by outgoing President and Mrs. Wilson, following the tradition established in 1889, when President and Mrs. Cleveland invited the Harrisons to eat lunch at the White House before the parade.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Calvin Coolidge by outgoing Vice President Thomas R. Marshall in the Senate Chamber at the close of the 66th Congress.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Delivered by Vice President Calvin Coolidge in the Senate Chamber.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Warren G. Harding
by the Honorable Edward D. White,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“Liberty — liberty within the law — and civilization are inseparable, and though both were threatened we find them now secure; and there comes to Americans the profound assurance that our representative government is the highest expression and surest guaranty of both.”
President Warren G. Harding