Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Inaugural Web Site. January 20, 2009; Printed from inaugural.senate.gov.

Chronology

Inauguration Date President Location
April 30, 1789 George Washington Balcony of Federal Hall, New York City
March 4, 1793 George Washington Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
March 4, 1797 John Adams House of Representatives Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
March 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1805 Thomas Jefferson Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1809 James Madison House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1813 James Madison House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1817 James Monroe In front of the Old Brick Capitol (current site of the Supreme Court)
March 5, 1821 James Monroe House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1825 John Quincy Adams House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1829 Andrew Jackson East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1833 Andrew Jackson House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1841 William H. Harrison East Portico, U.S. Capitol
April 6, 1841 John Tyler Brown's Hotel, 6th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
March 4, 1845 James K. Polk East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 5, 1849 Zachary Taylor East Portico, U.S. Capitol
July 10, 1850 Millard Fillmore House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1853 Franklin Pierce East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1857 James Buchanan East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1865 Abraham Lincoln East Portico, U.S. Capitol
April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson Kirkwood Hotel, 12th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
March 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1873 Ulysses S. Grant East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 5, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1881 James A. Garfield East Portico, U.S. Capitol
September 20, 1881 Chester A. Arthur Privately at his residence, 123 Lexington Ave., New York City
March 4, 1885 Grover Cleveland East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1889 Benjamin Harrison East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1893 Grover Cleveland East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1897 William McKinley In front of the original Senate Wing, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1901 William McKinley East Portico, U.S. Capitol
September 14, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Ansley Wilcox residence, Buffalo, New York
March 4, 1905 Theodore Roosevelt East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1909 William H. Taft Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 5, 1917 Woodrow Wilson East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1921 Warren G. Harding East Portico, U.S. Capitol
August 3, 1923 Calvin Coolidge His father's residence in Plymouth, Vermont
March 4, 1925 Calvin Coolidge East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1929 Herbert C. Hoover East Portico, U.S. Capitol
March 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt South Portico, White House
April 12, 1945 Harry S Truman Cabinet Room, White House
January 20, 1949 Harry S Truman East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy East Portico, U.S. Capitol
November 22, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson Conference room aboard Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas
January 20, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1969 Richard M. Nixon East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1973 Richard M. Nixon East Portico, U.S. Capitol
August 9, 1974 Gerald R. Ford East Room, White House
January 20, 1977 James E. Carter East Portico, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1981 Ronald W. Reagan West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 21, 1985 Ronald W. Reagan Rotunda, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1989 George H. W. Bush West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1993 William J. Clinton West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 1997 William J. Clinton West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2001 George W. Bush West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2005 George W. Bush West Front, U.S. Capitol
January 20, 2009 Barack H. Obama West Front, U.S. Capitol