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Grant</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:#aaa solid 1px"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg/240px-Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg/360px-Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg/480px-Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_Grant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="592" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Grant taking the oath of office.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">March 4, 1873<span class="noprint">; 151 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1873-03-04</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/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a><br />18th president of the United States<br /><i>— Assuming office</i><br /><hr /><a href="/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase" title="Salmon P. Chase">Salmon P. Chase</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/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a><br />18th vice president of the United States<br /><i>— Assuming office</i><br /><hr /><a href="/wiki/Schuyler_Colfax" title="Schuyler Colfax">Schuyler Colfax</a><br />17th vice president of the United States<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/First_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant">1869</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes">1877</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant</b> as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1873, 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 22nd <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration" title="United States presidential inauguration">inauguration</a> and marked the commencement of the second and final four-year term of <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> as president and the only term of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a> <a href="/wiki/Salmon_P._Chase" title="Salmon P. Chase">Salmon P. Chase</a> administered 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>. This was one of the coldest inaugurations in U.S. history with 16 °F (−9 °C) at noon,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the inaugural ball ended early when the food froze. Vice President Wilson died 2 years, 263 days into this term, and the office remained vacant since there was no constitutional provision to fill an intra-term vice-presidential vacancy until 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="Inaugural_ceremony_and_parade">Inaugural ceremony and parade</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Inaugural ceremony and parade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The day's festivities included the inauguration ceremony, a parade review, a fireworks display, and an inaugural ball.<sup id="cite_ref-Skvarla2006_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skvarla2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the parade Grant was received by a custom made black carriage and was greeted by three senators who were already aboard. Grant's wife <a href="/wiki/Julia_Grant" title="Julia Grant">Julia</a>, followed in a separate carriage, accompanied by Vice President-elect <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilson" title="Henry Wilson">Henry Wilson</a>.<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> It was the coldest March inauguration in history, with temperatures of sixteen degrees and an estimated windchill of -15.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey2014_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey2014-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Even with the advent of January presidential inaugurations beginning in 1937, Grant's Second Inauguration remains the second-coldest on record, trailing only Ronald Reagan's Second Inaugural in 1985. The 1985 inauguration was moved indoors due to the frigid temperatures.)<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> The parade largely consisted of military companies and bands.<sup id="cite_ref-Skvarla2006_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skvarla2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The grand Marshal of the inauguration ceremony and parade was <a href="/wiki/William_Farquhar_Barry" title="William Farquhar Barry">William Farquhar Barry</a>, with <a href="/wiki/William_Denison_Whipple" title="William Denison Whipple">William Denison Whipple</a> as assistant grand marshal and William Dickson as deputy grand marshal.<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> </p><p>After the parade, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office.<sup id="cite_ref-White540_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White540-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grant requested the Bible be open to <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_11" title="Isaiah 11">Isaiah, chapter 11</a>, a chapter about "Christ's Peaceable Kingdom", which was symbolic to Grant's view of post-war America. The passage also referred to the stem of <a href="/wiki/Jesse_(biblical_figure)" title="Jesse (biblical figure)">Jesse</a>, a tribute to Grant's father, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant" title="Jesse Root Grant">Jesse Root Grant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the ceremony, Grant sat in the same chair that <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> used in the <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_George_Washington" title="First inauguration of George Washington">1789 ceremony</a>. Grant's inaugural address began with a defense of his policy in the south, gave a statement of support for black freedmen, and celebrated the success of reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-White540_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-White540-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also praised technological advances and spoke against his political enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grant's address was the first time he endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a>'s proposed Civil Rights Bill, with Grant endorsing civil rights for blacks.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey2014_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey2014-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inaugural_ball">Inaugural ball</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Inaugural ball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1873, the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> enacted a law guaranteeing equal treatment at businesses for black and white customers, and Grant's White House set an example, with black congressmen attending the inaugural ball and black guests dancing together with white guests.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This did not pass without criticism in the press.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ball was adorned with a $1,000 floral arrangement contributed by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Chase" title="Kate Chase">Kate Chase Sprague</a>, daughter of chief justice Chase.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffey2014_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffey2014-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ball was catered by Maison Torrilhon, a restaurant run by Jean-Georges Torrilhon.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inaugural ball was not successful. It was held in a temporary structure built on <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_Square" title="Judiciary Square">Judiciary Square</a>. The building was not heated, and this was disastrous. Guests danced in their coats, desserts congealed and drinks froze, musicians struggled to play, and canaries which were to be part of the entertainment died in their cages. The room was designed for 6,000 guests, but only half that number attended. The president and cabinet arrived at 11:30 P.M. but stayed for a short time before moving on to a private, heated room for supper and by midnight the event was over.<sup id="cite_ref-Skvarla2006_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skvarla2006-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inaugural series continued when a masquerade ball was held on March 5 in the ball building, although the president did not attend.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant">Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant">First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election" title="1872 United States presidential election">1872 United States presidential election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_inauguration_of_Ulysses_S._Grant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/past-inaugural-ceremonies/22nd-inaugural-ceremonies/">"The 22nd Presidential Inauguration: Ulysses S. 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Grant Cottage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_Home" title="Ulysses S. Grant Home">Galena home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsemanship_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant">Horsemanship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrests_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Arrests of Ulysses S. 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Grant">Legacy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant">Bibliography</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_memorials_to_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="List of memorials to Ulysses S. Grant">Memorials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_Memorial" title="Ulysses S. Grant Memorial">Grant Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant#Memorials_and_presidential_library" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Presidential library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)" title="Grant Park (Chicago)">Grant Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Grant_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Grant (ship)"><i>General Grant</i> ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Grant_(tree)" title="General Grant (tree)">General Grant tree</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Grant_Grove" title="General Grant Grove">grove</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Cottage_State_Historic_Site" title="Grant Cottage State Historic Site">Grant Cottage State Historic Site</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Peacemakers" title="The Peacemakers">The Peacemakers</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Ulysses_S._Grant_(U.S._Capitol)" title="Statue of Ulysses S. Grant (U.S. Capitol)">U.S. Capitol statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Arch" title="Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch">Brooklyn relief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_Monument" title="Ulysses S. Grant Monument">Chicago statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/These_Are_My_Jewels" title="These Are My Jewels">Ohio Statehouse statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant">Philadelphia statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bust_of_Ulysses_S._Grant_(San_Francisco)" title="Bust of Ulysses S. Grant (San Francisco)">San Francisco bust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">U.S. Postage stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_on_currency#Ulysses_S._Grant" title="List of presidents of the United States on currency">Currency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electricity_as_the_Dominant_Force_in_the_World" title="Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World">$5 bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_fifty-dollar_bill" title="United States fifty-dollar bill">$50 bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Memorial_coinage" title="Grant Memorial coinage">1922 Grant Memorial coinage</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_High_School_(Los_Angeles)" title="Grant High School (Los Angeles)">Grant High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Grant_Hotel" title="U.S. Grant Hotel">U.S. Grant Hotel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Cultural depictions of Ulysses S. Grant">Cultural depictions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_(film)" title="Ulysses S. Grant (film)">Ulysses S. Grant</a></i> (2002 documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grant_(miniseries)" title="Grant (miniseries)">Grant</a></i> (2020 miniseries)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Grant_family" title="Category:Grant family">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Simpson_Grant" title="Hannah Simpson Grant">Hannah Simpson Grant</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant" title="Jesse Root Grant">Jesse Root Grant</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Grant" title="Julia Grant">Julia Grant</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant" title="Frederick Dent Grant">Frederick Dent Grant</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_Jr." title="Ulysses S. Grant Jr.">Ulysses S. Grant Jr.</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant_(politician)" title="Jesse Root Grant (politician)">Jesse Root Grant II</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Grant" title="Nellie Grant">Nellie Grant</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_III" title="Ulysses S. Grant III">Ulysses S. Grant III</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_Grant" title="Chapman Grant">Chapman Grant</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_IV" title="Ulysses S. Grant IV">Ulysses S. Grant IV</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Dent_Cantacuz%C3%A8ne_Spiransky-Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant">Julia Dent Grant</a> (granddaughter)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">← Andrew Johnson</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Rutherford B. 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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 href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_William_Henry_Harrison" title="Inauguration of William Henry Harrison">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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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