President Barack Obama, 2009
Vice President | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. |
Inauguration Date | Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
Location | West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Oath Administered By: | John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice |
Bible Used: | Lincoln Bible. The Lincoln Bible was the Bible used by president Abraham Lincoln at his presidential inauguration. The Bible, part of the collection of the Library of Congress. The Bible itself is an Oxford University Press edition published in 1853, has 1280 pages, and measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) in length and 10 cm (4 in) in width, and 4.5 cm in thickness, and is bound in burgundy red velvet with gilt edges. The Bible is due to go on display at the Library of Congress until May 2009 in a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial. |
Length of Inaugural Address: | 2,404 words taking 21 minutes, 21 seconds |
Attire (what the president wore): | Hart Schaffner Marx suit |
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