Inauguration of President James Monroe, 1821

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class="contenttext">Daniel D. Tompkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Inauguration Date </td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">Monday, March 5, 1821</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Location</td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">House chamber, U.S. Capitol</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Oath Administered By: </td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">John Marshall, Chief Justice</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Bible Used: </td> <td align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">Unknown</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Length of Inaugural Address: </td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext"> <p>4,456 words</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Attire (what the president wore): </td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">Black broadcloth suit, with shoe and knee buckles</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Weather:</td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">Snow began on Saturday evening, March 3, making Washington snowbound by Sunday afternoon. It continued through Inauguration day forcing Monroe to take his oath of office in the House chamber.</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttextbold">Precedents, "firsts" or other interesting information:</td> <td width="60%" align="left" valign="top" class="contenttext">Monroe's Inauguration was the first March 4 to fall on a Sunday. Monroe decided to hold the Inaugural ceremony on Monday, March 5, after consulting with Supreme Court justices. </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="sidebar">  <div class="figure"><img name="" src="/web/20090120211516im_/http://inaugural.senate.gov/images/photo-jmonroe-1821-loc-3c17118u-s.jpg" width="220" height="293" alt=" "/> <p class="credit">Library of Congress</p> <p class="caption">James Monroe, ca. 1828</p> </div>  </div> <div class="contentBottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211516/http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/privacy.htm">Privacy</a> | <a href="utility/credits.cfm">Credits</a> | <a href="utility/plugins.cfm">PDF and RealPlayer Help</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211516/http://senate.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f0b6ad14c382525e4730c4d0f&id=8c10d74321">Subscribe</a> to Email List (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211516/http://senate.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=f0b6ad14c382525e4730c4d0f&id=8c10d74321">Unsubscribe</a>) | Site maintained by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211516/http://rules.senate.gov/">Rules Committee</a></p></div> <div id="footer-print"><div class="clear"> </div></div> </div> <div id="utility"> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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