32ND INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
WOODROW
WILSON
March 4, 1913
VICE PRESIDENT
THOMAS R.
MARSHALL
March 4, 1913
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE
Sen. Winthrop M. Crane (R-ME), Chair
Sen. Augustus O. Bacon (D-GA)
Sen. Lee S. Overman (D-NC)
Rep. William W. Rucker (D-MO)
Rep. Finis J. Garrett (D-TN)
Rep. William B. McKinley (R-IL)
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Woodrow Wilson was sworn-in as the 28th President of the United States, and Thomas R. Marshall was sworn-in as the 28th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Overcast, but mild. Estimated noon temperature of 55°F.
Bible Used:
Same Bible used when he was sworn in as Governor of New Jersey, open to Psalm 119:43-46.
FACTS, FIRSTS, AND PRECEDENTS
The Inaugural Ball was canceled for the first time since 1853 at the request of Wilson, who found it inappropriate for the solemn occasion.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Thomas R. Marshall in the Senate Chamber at the close of the 62nd Congress.
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Woodrow Wilson
by the Honorable Edward D. White,
Chief Justice of the United States.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“This is the high enterprise of the new day: To lift everything that concerns our life as a Nation to the light that shines from the hearthfire of every man’s conscience and vision of the right.”
President Woodrow Wilson