6TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES
PRESIDENT
JAMES
MADISON
March 4, 1809
VICE PRESIDENT
GEORGE
CLINTON
March 4, 1809
ABOUT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES
James Madison was sworn-in as the 4th President of the United States, and George Clinton was sworn-in for his second term as the 4th Vice President of the United States.
Location:
House of Representatives Chamber, U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C.
Weather:
Cloudy. It rained the day before, leaving the streets muddy.
FACTS, FIRSTS, & PRECEDENTS
The first Inaugural Ball was held the evening after the Swearing-In Ceremony. It took place at Long’s Hotel and tickets cost $4 each.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to George Clinton
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
“It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the path in which I am to tread lighted by examples of illustrious services successfully rendered in the most trying difficulties by those who have marched before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor it might least become me here to speak. I may, however, be pardoned for not suppressing the sympathy with which my heart is full in the rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a beloved country, gratefully bestowed or exalted talents zealously devoted through a long career to the advancement of its highest interest and happiness.”
President James Madison
Read full address in the Senate Journal
PRESIDENTIAL OATH OF OFFICE
Administered to James Madison
by the Honorable John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States