President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1945
Vice President |
Harry
S Truman |
Inauguration Date |
Saturday,
January 20, 1945 |
Location |
South
Portico, White House |
Oath Administered By: |
Harlan
F. Stone, Chief Justice |
Bible Used: |
Same family Bible used for his 1933, 1937, and 1941 Inaugurations, open to I Corinthians 13 |
Length of Inaugural Address: |
557
words |
Attire (what the president wore): |
Dark business suit |
Weather: |
Light
snow ended around 9 am that morning. Cloudy skies. Estimated
noon temperature of 35°F. |
Precedents, "firsts" or other interesting information: |
At the height of WWII, Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth Inauguration was simple and austere with no fanfare or formal celebration following the event.There was no parade because of gas rationing and a lumber shortage. |