The first inauguration of William McKinley as the 25th

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took place on Thursday, March 4, 1897, in front of the

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at the

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This was the 28th

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and marked the commencement of the first, and eventually only full term of

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as president and the only term of

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. Chief Justice

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administered the presidential oath of office. This was the first inauguration to be recorded on film, and was the last presidential inauguration to take place in the 19th century. Hobart died into this term, and the office remained vacant since there was no constitutional provision which allow an intra-term vice-presidential office filling; it would be regulated by the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967.

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File:Harpers weekly 1897.jpg, Inaugural pamphlet from the occasion

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Text of McKinley's First Inaugural Address
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March 1897 events

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