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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Harrison_inauguration.jpg/240px-Harrison_inauguration.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Harrison_inauguration.jpg/360px-Harrison_inauguration.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Harrison_inauguration.jpg/480px-Harrison_inauguration.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="422" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">March 4, 1841<span class="noprint">; 183 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1841-03-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Participants</th><td class="infobox-data attendee" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a><br />9th president of the United States<br /><i>— Assuming office</i><br /><hr /><a href="/wiki/Roger_B._Taney" title="Roger B. Taney">Roger B. Taney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice of the United States</a><br /><i>— Administering oath</i><br /><hr /><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a><br />10th vice president of the United States<br /><i>— Assuming office</i><br /><hr /><a href="/wiki/William_R._King" title="William R. King">William R. King</a><br /><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore of the United States Senate</a><br /><i>— Administering oath</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Martin_Van_Buren" title="Inauguration of Martin Van Buren">1837</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_Tyler" title="Inauguration of John Tyler">1841 (extraordinary)</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>inauguration of William Henry Harrison</b> as the ninth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> was held on Thursday, March 4, 1841, at the East Portico of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> This was the 14th <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration" title="United States presidential inauguration">inauguration</a> and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> as president and <a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> as <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_office_of_the_president_of_the_United_States" title="Oath of office of the president of the United States">presidential oath of office</a> was administered to Harrison by <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_B._Taney" title="Roger B. Taney">Roger B. Taney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrison died 31 days into his term, the first U.S. president to die in office and has the shortest presidential term in American history. Tyler then succeeded to the presidency, creating a precedent which would be followed seven more times before it was officially regulated through the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twenty-fifth Amendment</a> in 1967. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Details">Details</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inauguration_of_William_Henry_Harrison&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harrison's inauguration was marked by several novelties; he was the first <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">president-elect</a> to arrive in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> by train, and for the first time an official inaugural committee of citizens had formed to plan the day's parade and inaugural ball.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 68 years, 23 days of age at the time of his inauguration, he was the oldest president-elect to take office until <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> in <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="First inauguration of Ronald Reagan">1981</a>. </p><p>Harrison's wife, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Harrison" title="Anna Harrison">Anna</a>, was too ill to travel when her husband left <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> for his inauguration, and she decided not to accompany him to Washington. Harrison asked his daughter-in-law <a href="/wiki/Jane_Irwin_Harrison" title="Jane Irwin Harrison">Jane Irwin Harrison</a>, widow of his namesake son, to accompany him and act as hostess until Anna's proposed arrival in May. </p><p>The outgoing president <a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> did not attend Harrison's inauguration, making him the third president up to that time to do so (<a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> being the others).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Van Buren and Harrison were on good personal terms, Van Buren was still dissatisfied over the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig party</a>'s attacks on him during the campaign. His son Martin Jr. was also ill, which may have led him to skip the ceremony. Instead, he stayed at the Capitol signing legislation until just before the ceremony began.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The day of the inauguration was overcast with cold wind and a noon temperature estimated to be 48 °F (9 °C), but the president-elect chose to not wear an overcoat, hat, or gloves for the ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address to date, running 8,445 words.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote the entire speech himself, though it was edited by soon-to-be <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster" title="Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a>. Webster said afterwards that in the process of reducing the text, he had "killed seventeen Roman proconsuls".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That evening Harrison attended three inaugural balls, including one at Carusi's Saloon entitled the "Tippecanoe" ball, which at a price of US$10 per person attracted 1000 guests.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 26, Harrison developed a <a href="/wiki/Common_cold" title="Common cold">cold</a>. According to the prevailing medical misconception of that time, it was believed that his illness was directly caused by the bad weather at his inauguration; however, Harrison's illness did not arise until more than three weeks after the event.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite doctors' attempts at treating him, Harrison died on April 4 from pneumonia that developed from the cold. 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of Spring Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1822_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio" title="1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio">1822 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_United_States_presidential_election" title="1836 United States presidential election">1836 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_presidential_election" title="1840 United States presidential election">1840 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1839_Whig_National_Convention" title="1839 Whig National Convention">1839 Whig National Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison_1840_presidential_campaign" title="William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign">William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too" title="Tippecanoe and Tyler Too">Tippecanoe and Tyler Too</a></li> <li><a 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William Henry Harrison Headquarters">Gen. William Henry Harrison Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_William_Henry_Harrison" title="Equestrian statue of William Henry Harrison">Equestrian statue of William Henry Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Tippecanoe" title="Curse of Tippecanoe">Curse of Tippecanoe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_family_of_Virginia" title="Harrison family of Virginia">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Harrison" title="Anna Harrison">Anna Harrison</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_Harrison" title="John Scott Harrison">John Scott Harrison</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Benjamin Harrison</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">Benjamin Harrison V</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_VI" title="Benjamin Harrison VI">Benjamin Harrison VI</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_Bassett_Harrison" title="Carter Bassett Harrison">Carter Bassett Harrison</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_IV" title="Benjamin Harrison IV">Benjamin Harrison IV</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_III" title="Benjamin Harrison III">Benjamin Harrison III</a> (great-grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carter_I" title="Robert Carter I">Robert Carter I</a> (great-grandfather)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">← Martin Van Buren</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:William_Henry_Harrison" title="Category:William Henry Harrison">Category</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_presidential_inaugurations" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_presidential_inaugurations" title="Template:United States presidential inaugurations"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_presidential_inaugurations" title="Template talk:United States presidential inaugurations"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_presidential_inaugurations" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States presidential inaugurations"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_presidential_inaugurations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration" title="United States presidential inauguration">United States presidential inaugurations</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_George_Washington" title="First inauguration of George Washington">Washington (1789)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_George_Washington" title="Second inauguration of George Washington">Washington (1793)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_Adams" title="Inauguration of John Adams">J. Adams (1797)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="First inauguration of Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson (1801)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Second inauguration of Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson (1805)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_James_Madison" title="First inauguration of James Madison">Madison (1809)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_James_Madison" title="Second inauguration of James Madison">Madison (1813)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_James_Monroe" title="First inauguration of James Monroe">Monroe (1817)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_James_Monroe" title="Second inauguration of James Monroe">Monroe (1821)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_Quincy_Adams" title="Inauguration of John Quincy Adams">J. Q. Adams (1825)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Andrew_Jackson" title="First inauguration of Andrew Jackson">Jackson (1829)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Andrew_Jackson" title="Second inauguration of Andrew Jackson">Jackson (1833)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Martin_Van_Buren" title="Inauguration of Martin Van Buren">Van Buren (1837)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W. H. Harrison (1841)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_Tyler" title="Inauguration of John Tyler">Tyler (1841)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_James_K._Polk" title="Inauguration of James K. Polk">Polk (1845)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Zachary_Taylor" title="Inauguration of Zachary Taylor">Taylor (1849)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Millard_Fillmore" title="Inauguration of Millard Fillmore">Fillmore (1850)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Franklin_Pierce" title="Inauguration of Franklin Pierce">Pierce (1853)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_James_Buchanan" title="Inauguration of James Buchanan">Buchanan (1857)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln (1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln (1865)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Andrew_Johnson" title="Inauguration of Andrew Johnson">A. Johnson (1865)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant">Grant (1869)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant">Grant (1873)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes (1877)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_James_A._Garfield" title="Inauguration of James A. Garfield">Garfield (1881)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Chester_A._Arthur" title="Inauguration of Chester A. Arthur">Arthur (1881)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Grover_Cleveland" title="First inauguration of Grover Cleveland">Cleveland (1885)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Benjamin_Harrison" title="Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison">B. Harrison (1889)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Grover_Cleveland" title="Second inauguration of Grover Cleveland">Cleveland (1893)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_William_McKinley" title="First inauguration of William McKinley">McKinley (1897)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_William_McKinley" title="Second inauguration of William McKinley">McKinley (1901)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="First inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt (1901)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt (1905)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_William_Howard_Taft" title="Inauguration of William Howard Taft">Taft (1909)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Woodrow_Wilson" title="First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson">Wilson (1913)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Woodrow_Wilson" title="Second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson">Wilson (1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Warren_G._Harding" title="Inauguration of Warren G. Harding">Harding (1921)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Calvin_Coolidge" title="First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge (1923)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Calvin_Coolidge" title="Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge (1925)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Herbert_Hoover" title="Inauguration of Herbert Hoover">Hoover (1929)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. D. Roosevelt (1933)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. D. Roosevelt (1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. D. Roosevelt (1941)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_inauguration_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. D. Roosevelt (1945)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="First inauguration of Harry S. Truman">Truman (1945)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Harry_S._Truman" title="Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman">Truman (1949)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower (1953)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower (1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Inauguration of John F. Kennedy">Kennedy (1961)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="First inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson">L. B. Johnson (1963)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson">L. B. Johnson (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Richard_Nixon" title="First inauguration of Richard Nixon">Nixon (1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Richard_Nixon" title="Second inauguration of Richard Nixon">Nixon (1973)</a></li> <li><span style="background-color: #EEF;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Gerald_Ford" title="Inauguration of Gerald Ford">Ford (1974)</a>*</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Jimmy_Carter" title="Inauguration of Jimmy Carter">Carter (1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="First inauguration of Ronald Reagan">Reagan (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan">Reagan (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Inauguration of George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush (1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Bill_Clinton" title="First inauguration of Bill Clinton">Clinton (1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Second inauguration of Bill Clinton">Clinton (1997)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_George_W._Bush" title="First inauguration of George W. Bush">G. W. Bush (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_George_W._Bush" title="Second inauguration of George W. Bush">G. W. 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