Swearing-In Ceremony for President Andrew Jackson
Eleventh Inaugural Ceremonies, March 4, 1829
Inaugural Address
‘ Fellow-Citizens: About to undertake the arduous duties that I have been appointed to perform by the choice of a free people, I avail myself of this customary and solemn occasion to express the gratitude which their confidence inspires and to acknowledge the accountability which my situation enjoins.’
Read the address
(Words: 1125)
Presidential Oath of Office
Administered to Andrew Jackson by the Honorable John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Architect of the Capitol
Eleventh Inaugural Ceremonies
Architect of the Capitol
Chief Justice John Marshall administering the oath of office to Andrew Jackson on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829
- Bible Used: Unknown
- Attire: Suit of plain black cloth, manufactured in Baltimore
Vice Presidential Oath of Office
Administered to John C. Calhoun.
Library of Congress
Library of Congress
Vice President John C. Calhoun
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Location
East Portico,
U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC -
Facts, Firsts & Precedents
First President to take the oath of office on the east front portico of the U.S. Capitol.
Outgoing President John Quincy Adams did not attend his succesor's Inaugural Ceremony. Relations between the two men were not good after the bitter campaign of 1828. Jackson blamed the verbal attacks made by Adams and his political allies for the death of his wife.
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Weather
Warm and balmy. Estimated noon temperature of 57°F.