The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as
president of the United States
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, was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1925, at the East Portico of the
United States Capitol
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in
Washington, D.C.
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This was the 35th presidential
inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of
Calvin Coolidge as president and the only term of
Charles G. Dawes as
vice president
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.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
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, who had served as president from 1909 to 1913, administered the
oath of office. This was the first inauguration on which a former U.S. president administered the Oath and the first to be broadcast nationally on radio.
The
vice-presidential oath of office was administered by the
president pro tempore of the United States Senate,
Albert B. Cummins. At the time, vice presidents were sworn into office in the
Senate Chamber of the capitol, and would give an inaugural address before everyone headed on to the outside platform where the president would take the oath. Dawes made a fiery, half-hour address denouncing the rules of the Senate, the
seniority system and many other Senate customs.
[Hatfield, M. O. (1997). Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993. Senate Historical Office. Washington: United States Government Printing Office] Coolidge's address was barely mentioned in the news reports the next day.
See also
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Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
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First inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
The first inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as the 30th president of the United States was held on Friday, August 3, 1923, at the Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, following the death of President Warren G. Harding the previous evenin ...
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1924 United States presidential election
References
Video of Coolidge's Second Inauguration (via YouTube)Text of Coolidge's Inaugural Address
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United States National Recording Registry recordings