Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address

4th United States presidential inauguration

Start presidential inauguration of Thomas Jefferson
Date	March iv, 1801; 221 years ago (1801-03-04)
Location	The states Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Participants	Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States — Assuming office John Marshall Principal Justice of the United States — Administering adjuration Aaron Burr 3rd Vice President of the United states — Bold office James Hillhouse President pro tempore of the United States Senate — Administering adjuration
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The outset inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the The states was held on Wednesday, March iv, 1801. The inauguration marked the showtime of the outset four-yr term of Thomas Jefferson as president and the only iv-yr term of Aaron Burr as vice president. Jefferson was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall.

Background [edit]

Jefferson was the nation'due south 2d vice president, under President John Adams, and ran confronting him as a Democratic-Republican in the 1800 presidential election with campaign manager Aaron Burr. Back and then, the person who came in first would be president and the person who came in 2nd would be vice president. Burr and Jefferson tied in the Electoral College, and so the selection was thrown to the House of Representatives, where Alexander Hamilton helped swing the vote in Jefferson'due south favor on the 36th election.

Inauguration [edit]

It was a mild day in Washington, D.C., the offset time an inauguration had been held in the urban center, with a High Noon temperature estimated at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.^[ane] That morning an artillery company on Capitol Hill had shots fired to welcome the daybreak, and in a start for a newspaper, Jefferson gave a re-create of his spoken language to the National Intelligencer for information technology to be published and available right later on delivery.^[2] The theme of his address was reconciliation after his bitterly partisan ballot.^[iii]

Jefferson was lodging at Conrad and McMunn's boarding house ^[four] on the south side of the Capitol building, and at roughly x:00 am the Alexandria company of riflemen marched to the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and C Street.^[2] Jefferson, dressed according to a reporter equally "a plainly citizen without whatever distinctive badge of office," became the first president to walk rather than ride a carriage to the ceremony,^[1] setting off around noon with some congressmen, Commune marshals, and military officers from Alexandria, Virginia.^[ii] He delivered a 1,721-word speech in the Usa Capitol's Senate bedchamber, so took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Marshall.^[i]

In what would go standard practise, the Marine Ring played for the first time at the inauguration.^[1]

Outgoing President John Adams, distraught over his loss of the election besides every bit the decease of his son Charles Adams to alcoholism, did not attend the inauguration. He left the President'south House at 4 a.yard. in the early morning on the early public stagecoach for Baltimore. This was the first fourth dimension an outgoing president would not attend his successor'due south inauguration.

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Inauguration of President Thomas Jefferson, 1801". Joint Congressional Commission on Inaugural Ceremonies. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-22 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Hayes, Kevin J. (2008). "The First Inaugural Address". The Route to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson . Oxford University Press United states. ISBN978-0-19-530758-0.
^ Jenkinson, Clay S. "Jefferson Scout: The Inauguration." Audio podcast. The Thomas Jefferson Hour. The Thomas Jefferson Hour, 26 Jan. 2017. Web. 27 Jan. 2017.
^ "Conrad and McMunn Hotel Plaque". The Architect of the Capitol (AOC).

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