The Fifty-Seventh Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 presented by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

Swearing-In Ceremony for President John Quincy Adams

Tenth Inaugural Ceremonies, March 4, 1825

Inaugural Address

‘In compliance with an usage coeval with the existence of our Federal Constitution, and sanctioned by the example of my predecessors in the career upon which I am about to enter, I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithful performance of the duties allotted to me in the station to which I have been called.’

Read the address
(Words: 2911)

Presidential Oath of Office

Administered to John Quincy Adams by the Honorable John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • Bible Used: According to his own version of his Inauguration, Adams took the oath upon a volume of law.
  • Attire: Black "homespun" suit

Vice Presidential Oath of Office

Administered to John C. Calhoun.

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  • Location

    House of Representatives Chamber,
    U.S. Capitol
    Washington, DC

  • Facts, Firsts & Precedents

    Adams was the first to wear long trousers, rather than knee breeches.

  • Weather

    Rainy; total rainfall was .79 inches. Estimated noon temperature of 47°F.