Key historic dates and details of vice presidential inaugurals.
Date | Vice President (President) |
Location | Oath Administered By |
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January 20, 2021 |
Kamala Harris |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the the Supreme Court of the United States |
January 20, 2017 |
Michael Pence |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
January 20, 2013 |
Joseph R. Biden Jr. |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
January 20, 2009 |
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 2005 |
Richard Cheney |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
January 20, 2001 |
Richard Cheney |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1997 |
Albert Gore, Jr. |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1993 |
Albert Gore, Jr. |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Byron R. White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1989 |
J. Danforth Quayle |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 21, 1985 |
George H. W. Bush |
Publicly in Rotunda, U.S. Capitol |
Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1985 |
George H. W. Bush |
Privately in North Entrance Hall, White House |
Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1981 |
George H. W. Bush |
West Front, U.S. Capitol |
Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
January 20, 1977 |
Walter F. Mondale |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives |
December 19, 1974 |
Nelson A. Rockefeller |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
No V.P. August - December 1974 |
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December 6, 1973 |
Gerald R. Ford |
House Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
No V.P. October - December 1973 |
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January 20, 1973 |
Spiro T. Agnew |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice |
January 20, 1969 |
Spiro T. Agnew |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Everett M. Dirksen, Minority Leader of the Senate |
January 20, 1965 |
Hubert H. Humphrey |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
John W. McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
No V.P. November 1963 - January 1965 |
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January 20, 1961 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives |
January 21, 1957 |
Richard M. Nixon |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
William F. Knowland, U.S. Senator |
January 20, 1953 |
Richard M. Nixon |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
William F. Knowland, U.S. Senator |
January 20, 1949 |
Alben W. Barkley |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Stanley F. Reed, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
No V.P. April 1945 - January 1949 |
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January 20, 1945 |
Harry S. Truman |
South Portico, White House |
Henry A. Wallace, retiring Vice President |
January 20, 1941 |
Henry A. Wallace |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
John N. Garner, retiring Vice President |
January 20, 1937 |
John N. Garner |
East Portico, U.S. Capitol |
Joseph T. Robinson, U.S. Senator |
March 4, 1933 |
John N. Garner |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Charles Curtis, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1929 |
Charles Curtis |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Charles G. Dawes, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1925 |
Charles G. Dawes |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Albert B. Cummins, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. August 1923 - March 1925 |
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March 4, 1921 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Thomas R. Marshall, retiring Vice President |
March 5, 1917 |
Thomas R. Marshall |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Willard Saulsbury, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1913 |
Thomas R. Marshall |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Jacob H. Gallinger, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. October 1912 - March 1913 |
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March 4, 1909 |
James S. Sherman |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Charles W. Fairbanks, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1905 |
Charles W. Fairbanks |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. September 1901 - March 1905 |
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March 4, 1901 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. November 1899 - March 1901 |
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March 4, 1897 |
Garret A. Hobart |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Adlai E. Stevenson, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1893 |
Adlai E. Stevenson |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Levi P. Morton, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1889 |
Levi P. Morton |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
John J. Ingalls, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. September 1885 - March 1889 |
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March 4, 1885 |
Thomas A. Hendricks |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
George F. Edmunds, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. September 1881 - March 1885 |
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March 4, 1881 |
Chester A. Arthur |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William A. Wheeler, retiring Vice President |
March 5, 1877 |
William A. Wheeler |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Thomas W. Ferry, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. November 1873 - March 1877 |
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March 4, 1873 |
Henry Wilson |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Schuyler Colfax, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1869 |
Schuyler Colfax |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Benjamin F. Wade, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. April 1865 - March 1869 |
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March 4, 1865 |
Andrew Johnson |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Hannibal Hamlin, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1861 |
Hannibal Hamlin |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
John C. Breckinridge, retiring Vice President |
March 4, 1857 |
John C. Breckinridge |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
James M. Mason, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. April 1853 - March 1857 |
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March 24, 1853 |
William R. King |
Cuba |
William Sharkey, U.S. Consul |
No V.P. July 1850 - March 1853 |
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March 5, 1849 |
Millard Fillmore |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
David R. Atchison, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1845 |
George M. Dallas |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. April 1841 - March 1845 |
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March 4, 1841 |
John Tyler |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1837 |
Richard M. Johnson |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
William Rufus King, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1833 |
Martin Van Buren |
House Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
John Marshall, Chief Justice |
No V.P. December 1832 - March 1833 |
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March 4, 1829 |
John C. Calhoun |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Samuel Smith, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1825 |
John C. Calhoun |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
Andrew Jackson, U.S. Senator |
March 3, 1821 |
Daniel D. Thompkins |
Thompkins' residence, New York |
William P. Van Ness, U.S. District Judge |
March 4, 1817 |
Daniel D. Thompkins |
Senate Chamber, Old Brick Capitol, (1st & A Sts., N.E.; site of present Supreme Court Building) |
John Gaillard, President pro tempore of the Senate |
No V.P. November 1814 - March 1817 |
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Elbridge Gerry |
Presented a certificate on May 24, 1813, as having taken the oath as prescribed by law |
John Davis, U.S. District Judge |
No V.P. April 1812 - 1813 | |||
March 4, 1809 |
George Clinton |
No record of his having taken the oath |
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March 4, 1805 |
George Clinton |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
John Marshall, Chief Justice |
March 4, 1801 |
Aaron Burr |
Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol |
James Hillhouse, President pro tempore of the Senate |
March 4, 1797 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia |
William Bingham, President pro tempore of the Senate |
December 2, 1793 |
John Adams |
Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia |
John Langdon, President pro tempore of the Senate |
April 21, 1789 |
John Adams |
Federal Hall, New York City |
John Langdon, President pro tempore of the Senate |