26TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
BENJAMIN
HARRISON
March 4, 1889
LEVI P.
MORTON
THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
The Swearing-In Ceremony:
Benjamin Harrison was sworn-in as the 23rd President of the United States.
Levi P. Morton was sworn-in as the 22nd Vice President of the United States on March 2, 1889 at the close of the 50th Congress.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Rained all day. Total rainfall was 0.86 inches. Took oath of office in a downpour under an umbrella. Estimated noon temperature of 43°F.
Bible:
Bible provided by James H. McKenney, Clerk of the Supreme Court, opened to Psalm 121:1-6.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Levi P. Morton on March 2, 1889, at the close of the 50th Congress
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Benjamin Harrison
by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller,
Chief Justice of the United States
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
President Benjamin Harrison
“I will not attempt to note the marvelous and in great part happy contrasts between our country as it steps over the threshold into its second century of organized existence under the Constitution and that weak but wisely ordered young nation that looked undauntedly down the first century, when all its years stretched out before it.”