27TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
GROVER
CLEVELAND
March 4, 1893
VICE PRESIDENT
ADLAI E.
STEVENSON
March 4, 1893
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Grover Cleveland was sworn-in as the 24th President of the United States on March 4, 1893. Adlai E. Stevenson was sworn-in as the 23rd Vice President of the United States during a separate ceremony on March 3, 1893.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Snow began during the early morning and ended around 1 p.m. One to two inches fell across the area. A biting wind blew from the northwest. The crowd was small for the Ceremony and many planned events were canceled. Estimated noon temperature of 25°F.
Bible Used:
Bible provided by D. W. Middleton, Clerk of the Supreme Court, open to Psalm 118:11-13.
FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
Grover Cleveland is the first president to have served two non-consecutive terms, first in 1885 and again in 1893. He is therefore referred to as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Adlai E. Stevenson in the Senate Chamber
at the close of the 52nd Congress on the previous day, March 3, 1893.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Grover Cleveland
by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“I shall to the best of my ability and within my sphere of duty preserve the Constitution by loyally protecting every grant of Federal power it contains, by defending all its restraints when attacked by impatience and restlessness, and by enforcing its limitations and reservations in favor of the States and the people.”
President Grover Cleveland
Read full address in the Congressional Record