Inauguration of Martin Van Buren
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Date | March 4, 1837; 187 years ago (1837-03-04) |
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Location | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
Participants | Martin Van Buren 8th president of the United States — Assuming office Roger B. Taney Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath Richard Mentor Johnson 9th vice president of the United States — Assuming office William R. King President pro tempore of the United States Senate — Administering oath |
The inauguration of Martin Van Buren as the eighth president of the United States took place on Saturday, March 4, 1837, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 13th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both Martin Van Buren as president and Richard Mentor Johnson as vice president.[1] Vice President and President-elect Van Buren rode with his predecessor Andrew Jackson in a small phaeton built from the wood of USS Constitution drawn by four gray horses.[2] This was the first time that the outgoing and incoming president rode together to the Capitol.[1] Van Buren would become the last sitting vice president to be inaugurated as president through an election until George H. W. Bush in 1989.
The event proved less a celebration of the incoming president than a tribute to the outgoing one. Van Buren's inaugural address took wistful note of it:
In receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided to my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. But ... I may hope that somewhat of the same cheering approbation will be found to attend upon my path.[3]
With a single exception, the new administration retained Jackson's entire cabinet, and Van Buren pledged to "tread generally in the footsteps of President Jackson."[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The 13th Presidential Inauguration: Martin Van Buren, March 04, 1837". United States Senate. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Morison, Samuel Eliot (1965). The Oxford History of the American People. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 452.
- ^ a b "Martin Van Buren: Domestic affairs". Miller Center of Public Affairs University of Virginia. October 4, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
External links
- More documents from the Library of Congress
- Text of Van Buren's Inaugural Address
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