30TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
THEODORE
ROOSEVELT
March 4, 1905
VICE PRESIDENT
CHARLES
FAIRBANKS
March 4, 1905
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Sen. John C. Spooner (R-WI), Chair
Sen. Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI)
Sen. Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA)
Rep. John Dalzell (R-PA)
Rep. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R-IN)
Rep. John S. Williams (D-MS)
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Theodore Roosevelt was sworn-in as the 26th President of the United States, and Charles Fairbanks was sworn-in as the 26th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Sunny with strong northwest winds. Patches of snow remained on the ground from a snowfall the day before. Estimated noon temperature of 45°F.
Bible Used:
Same Bible used when Roosevelt was sworn in as Governor of New York in 1898, open to James 1:22-23.
FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
This was the first-time telephone lines were installed at the U.S. Capitol for an Inauguration.
FILM FOOTAGE OF THE 29th INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
TIMELINE
CLICK HERE to read Congressional Record for March 4, 1905.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Charles Fairbanks in the Senate Chamber at the close of the 58th Congress.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Theodore Roosevelt
by the Honorable Melville W. Fuller,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us differ from the tasks set before our fathers who founded and preserved this Republic, the spirit in which these tasks must be undertaken and these problems faced, if our duty is to be well done, remains essentially unchanged.”
President Theodore Roosevelt
Read full address in the Congressional Record