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Inauguration Date President Location
April 30, 1789 Balcony of Federal Hall, New York City
March 4, 1793 George Washington Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
March 4, 1797 House of Representatives Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
March 4, 1801 Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1805 Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1809 House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1813 House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1817 In front of the Old Brick Capitol (current site of the Supreme Court)

March 5, 1821

House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1825 House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1829 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1833 House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1837 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1841 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
April 6, 1841 John Tyler Brown's Hotel, 6th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
March 4, 1845 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 5, 1849 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
July 10, 1850 House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1853 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1857 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1861 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1865 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
April 15, 1865

Kirkwood Hotel, 12th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

March 4, 1869 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1873 East Portico, U.S. Capitol

March 5, 1877

East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1881 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
September 20, 1881 Privately at his residence, 123 Lexington Ave., New York City
March 4, 1885 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1889 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1893 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1897 In front of the original Senate Wing, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1901 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
September 14, 1901 Ansley Wilcox residence, Buffalo, New York
March 4, 1905 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1909 Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1913 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 5, 1917 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1921 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
August 3, 1923 His father's residence in Plymouth, Vermont
March 4, 1925 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1929 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1933 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1937 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1941 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1945 South Portico, White House
April 12, 1945 Cabinet Room, White House
January 20, 1949 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1953 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1957 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1961 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
November 22, 1963 Conference room aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas
January 20, 1965 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1969 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1973 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
August 9, 1974 East Room, White House
January 20, 1977 East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1981 West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 21, 1985 Rotunda, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1989 West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1993 West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1997 West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2001 West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2005 George W. Bush West Front, U.S. Capitol
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