11TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
ANDREW
JACKSON
March 4, 1829
VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN C.
CALHOUN
March 4, 1829
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
Andrew Jackson was sworn-in as the 7th President of the United States, and John C. Calhoun was sworn-in for his second term as the 7th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Warm and balmy. Estimated noon temperature of 57°F.
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 successor’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.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to John C. Calhoun
by the Honorable Samuel Smith (of Maryland) in the Senate Chamber
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority. With foreign nations it will be my study to preserve peace and to cultivate friendship on fair and honorable terms, and in the adjustment of any differences that may exist or arise to exhibit the forbearance becoming a powerful nation rather than the sensibility belonging to a gallant people.”
President Andrew Jackson
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to Andrew Jackson
by the Honorable John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States