The inauguration of John Adams as the

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was held on Saturday, March 4, 1797, in the

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. The

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marked the commencement of the only four-year term of

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as president and of

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. The presidential oath of office was administered to John Adams by Chief Justice

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. Adams was the first president to receive the oath of office from a Chief Justice of the United States, and the first head of state to peacefully and legally succeed to office from a living predecessor since

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in 1724.

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