29TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
WILLIAM
MCKINLEY
March 4, 1901
VICE PRESIDENT
THEODORE
ROOSEVELT
March 4, 1901
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Sen. Marcus A. Hanna (R-OH), Chair
Sen. John C. Spooner (R-WI)
Sen. James K. Jones (D-AR)
Rep. Joseph G. Cannon (R-IL)
Rep. John Dalzell (R-PA)
Rep. Thomas C. McRae (D-AR)
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
William McKinley was sworn-in as the 25th President of the United States on March 4, 1901. Theodore Roosevelt was sworn-in as the 25th Vice President of the United States during a separate ceremony on March 3, 1901.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Overcast. It rained overnight and then began again during the Ceremony and ended at 3:45 p.m. Total rainfall was 0.32 inches. Estimated noon temperature of 47°F.
Bible Used:
Bible provided to him by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, open to Proverbs 16:20-21
FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
First time the U.S. House of Representatives joined with the U.S. Senate, creating the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, to make Inaugural arrangements.
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TIMELINE
CLICK HERE to read Congressional Record for March 4, 1901.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Theodore Roosevelt in the Senate Chamber at the close of the 56th Congress on March 2, 1901.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to William McKinley
by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“We are undergoing the same ordeal as did our predecessors nearly a century ago. We are following the course they blazed. They triumphed. Will their successors falter and plead organic impotency in the nation? Surely after 125 years of achievement for mankind we will not now surrender our equality with other powers on matters fundamental and essential to nationality. With no such purpose was the nation created.”
President William McKinley
Read full address in the Congressional Record