10TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS
March 4, 1825
VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN C.
CALHOUN
March 4, 1825
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
John Quincy Adams was sworn-in as the 6th President of the United States, and John C. Calhoun was sworn-in as the 7th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
House of Representatives Chamber, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Rainy; total rainfall was .79 inches. Estimated noon temperature of 47°F.
Bible Used:
According to his own version of his Inauguration, Adams took the oath while reading a volume of law.
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FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
Adams was the first to wear long trousers, rather than knee breeches.
TIMELINE
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to John C. Calhoun
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“…that Constitution which I shall swear to the best of my ability to preserve, protect, and defend…We now receive it as a precious inheritance from those to whom we are indebted for its establishment, doubly bound by the examples which they have left us and by the blessings which we have enjoyed as the fruits of their labors to transmit the same unimpaired to the succeeding generation.”
President John Quincy Adams
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to John Quincy Adams
by the Honorable John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States