Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes

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Presidential inauguration of
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes being sworn in as the 19th president of the United States.
DateMarch 3, 1877 (1877-03-03) (private)
March 5, 1877 (public)
LocationWhite House (private)
United States Capitol,
Washington, D.C. (public)
ParticipantsRutherford B. Hayes
19th president of the United States
— Assuming office
Morrison Waite
Chief Justice of the United States
— Administering oath
William A. Wheeler
19th vice president of the United States
— Assuming office
Thomas W. Ferry
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
— Administering oath
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Rutherford B. Hayes's signature
Seal of the President of the United States

The inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19th president of the United States took place publicly on Monday, March 5, 1877, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 23rd inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of Rutherford B. Hayes as president and William A. Wheeler as vice president.

As March 4, 1877, fell on a Sunday, Hayes was sworn in at the Red Room of the White House on March 3, becoming the first president to take the presidential oath of office in the White House. This ceremony was held in secret under tight security, as the previous year's election had been so bitterly divisive to the point that outgoing President Ulysses S. Grant feared an insurrection by Samuel J. Tilden's supporters, while assuring any Democratic Party attempt to hijack a public inauguration ceremony would fail.

Having been sworn in already in private, Hayes took the oath again publicly two days later, and served until March 4, 1881. Hayes' best known quotation, "He serves his party best who serves his country best," is from his inaugural address. Hayes became the first president not to invoke God or a supreme being in his inaugural address.

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Notes

  1. ^ "Presidential Inaugurations: Rutherford B. Hayes, Inauguration, March 5, 1877".
  2. ^ "The 23rd Presidential Inauguration: Rutherford B. Hayes, March 05, 1877". United States Senate. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Neuman, Scott (22 January 2013). "Divine Rhetoric: God In The Inaugural Address". NPR. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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