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as the 41st president of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1989, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 51st

and marked the commencement of the only term of both George H. W. Bush as president and Dan Quayle as vice president. Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the presidential oath of office to Bush and Justice

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administered the vice presidential oath of office to Quayle. Bush was the first sitting vice president to be inaugurated as president (not due to his predecessor's death or resignation) since Martin Van Buren in

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and the last World War II combat veteran. The event helped the

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set a single-day record of 604,089 trips, breaking the record of 565,000 set the spring before by the

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'88 rally. The record would stand until the day of the

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in 1991.

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George H.W. Bush inauguration, January 20, 1989

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Inauguration Day parade, January 20, 1989

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January 1989 events in the United States Speeches by George H. W. Bush

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