President Andrew Jackson, 1829

Vice President	John C. Calhoun
Inauguration Date	Wednesday, March 4, 1829
Location	East Portico, U.S. Capitol
Oath Administered By:	John Marshall, Chief Justice
Bible Used:	Unknown
Length of Inaugural Address:	1,125 words
Attire (what the president wore):	Suit of plain black cloth, manufactured in Baltimore
Weather:	Warm and balmy. Estimated noon temperature of 57°F.
Precedents, "firsts" or other interesting information:	Jackson's first Inauguration was the first Inaugural ceremony held on the east front of the U.S. Capitol. Outgoing President John Quincy Adams did not attend his succesor'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.