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Inauguration

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

11Records
1837–2009Date range
10Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1837

Martin van Buren4 March 1837

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA, 8th

1885

Stephen Grover Cleveland4 March 1885

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA, 22nd President

1913

Thomas Woodrow Wilson3 March 1913

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA, 28th

1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt4 March 1933

Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA

1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy20 January 1961

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA, 35th President, youngest ever President

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson19 January 1965

Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA

1977

Jimmy Carter20 January 1977

Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the USA

1993

William Jefferson Bill Clinton26 January 1993

Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated President of the United States, 1st term

1997

William Jefferson Bill Clinton20 January 1997

Government / Democratic Party Government

Inaugurated as President of the USA, 2nd term

2001

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton3 January 2001

Government / Democratic Party Government

Sworn in as United States Senator

2009

Barack Hussein Obama20 January 2009

Government / Democratic Party Government

The theme of the inauguration is "A New Birth of Freedom," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The inauguration of Obama as the forty-fourth President of the USA

Names involved

Barack Hussein ObamaFranklin Delano RooseveltHillary Diane Rodham ClintonJimmy CarterJohn Fitzgerald KennedyLyndon Baines JohnsonMartin van BurenStephen Grover ClevelandThomas Woodrow WilsonWilliam Jefferson Bill Clinton

Provenance

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