39TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
FRANLKIN D.
ROOSEVELT
January 20, 1941
VICE PRESIDENT
HENRY A.
WALLACE
January 20, 1941
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D-WV), Chair
Sen. Alben W. Barkley (D-KY)
Sen. Charles L. McNary (R-OR)
Rep. Sam T. Rayburn (D-TX)
Rep. Robert L. Doughton (D-NC)
Rep. Joseph W. Martin (R-MA)
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn-in for his third term as the 32nd President of the United States, and Henry A. Wallace was sworn-in as the 33rd Vice President of the United States.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Sunny, but cold with a brisk wind. Wind chill 10°F; noon temperature of 29°F.
Bible Used:
Same family Bible used for his 1933 and 1937 inaugurations, open to I Corinthians 13
FACTS, FIRSTS, AND PRECEDENTS
First and last time a president was inaugurated for a third term. (The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution later limited Presidential terms to two); President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted 1,200 guests at the White House for a buffet luncheon consisting of tomato soup, salad, beef, ham, tongue, cake, ice cream, and coffee.
PRAYER
The Reverend ZeBarney T. Phillips, D. D.,
Chaplain of the United States Senate
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Henry A. Wallace
by outgoing Vice President John Nance Garner.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Franklin D. Roosevelt
by the Honorable Charles E. Hughes,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“Most vital to our present and our future is this experience of a democracy which successfully survived crisis at home; put away many evil things; built new structures on enduring lines; and, through it all, maintained the fact of its democracy.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
BENEDICTION
The Right Reverend Monsignor Michael J. Ready,
General Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D.C.