28TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
WILLIAM
MCKINLEY
March 4, 1897
VICE PRESIDENT
GARRET
HOBART
March 4, 1897
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
William McKinley was sworn-in as the 25th President of the United States on March 4, 1897. Garret Hobart was sworn-in as the 24th Vice President of the United States during a separate ceremony on March 3, 1897.
Location:
In front of the Original Senate Wing, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Clear. Estimated noon temperature of 40°F.
Bible Used:
Bible presented to him by the Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; II Chronicles 1:10 is marked.
FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
First Inaugural Ceremony recorded by a motion picture camera; First president to have a glass-enclosed reviewing stand for the Inaugural Parade; First Inauguration at which Congress hosted a luncheon for the President and Vice President.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Garret Hobart by outgoing Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson in the Senate Chamber at the close of the 54th Congress on the previous day, March 3, 1897.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to William McKinley
by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“It is inspiring, too, to remember that no great emergency in the one hundred and eight years of our eventful national life has ever arisen that has not been met with wisdom and courage by the American people, with fidelity to their best interests and highest destiny, and to the honor of the American name.”
President William McKinley
Read full address in the Congressional Record