On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first
American president and delivered the first inaugural speech at
Federal Hall in New York City. Elements of the ceremony set
tradition; presidential inaugurations have deviated little in the
two centuries since Washington’s inauguration.
On April 6, 1841, John Tyler was sworn in as president. Tyler
was elected as William Harrison’s vice president earlier in
1841 and was suddenly thrust into the role of president when
Harrison died one month into office.
He was the first vice president to immediately assume the role
of president after a sitting president’s untimely exit and set the
precedent for succession thereafter.
This 1888 engraving depicts a messenger delivering the news of President William Henry Harrison’s death to Vice President John
Tyler at his Williamsburg home on April 5, 1841.
Between 73 and 79 days after the presidential election,
the president-elect of the United States is inaugurated
as president by taking the presidential oath of office.
The inauguration takes place for each new presidential
term, even if the president is continuing in office for
another term.
The first inauguration of George Washington took place
on April 30, 1789.
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On April 6, 1841, John Tyler was sworn in as president. Tyler was
elected as William Harrison’s vice president earlier in 1841 and
was suddenly thrust into the role of president when Harrison
died one month into office.
He was the first vice president to immediately assume the role
of president after a sitting president’s untimely exit and set the
precedent for succession thereafter.
Tyler’s death due to a stroke at 71 in 1862 was the only one in
presidential history not to be officially recognized in Washington,
because of his allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)
On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.
In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the
east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his
“New Deal”, an expansion of the federal government
as an instrument of employment opportunity and welfare
and told Americans that “the only thing we have to fear
is fear itself.”
