President Abraham Lincoln, 1861
Vice President |
Hannibal
Hamlin |
Inauguration Date |
Monday,
March 4, 1861 |
Location |
East
Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Oath Administered By: |
Roger
B. Taney, Chief Justice |
Bible Used: |
Bible purchased by William Thomas Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, opened at random. It is almost identical to James Buchanan's 1857 Bible |
Length of Inaugural Address: |
3,628
words |
Attire (what the president wore): |
Cut-away coat and silk top hat |
Weather: |
Rain
until mid morning and then sunny and mild in the afternoon. |
Precedents, "firsts" or other interesting information: |
Lincoln's procession to the Capitol was surrounded by heavily armed calvary and infantry, providing an unprecedented amount of protection for the President-elect as the nation stood on the brink of war.
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