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| What President was secretly sworn in two days before the official inauguration ceremony? |
January 09, 2001 |
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| Rutherford B. Hayes, a one-electoral-vote winner over Samuel Tilden, took the Oath privately in the Red Room of the White House on March 3, 1877, just before a private dinner hosted by President Ulysses S. Grant. The public inauguration ceremonies proceeded as scheduled on Monday, with the audience unaware that Hayes had, in fact, been President for two days. |
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