First inauguration of Andrew Jackson

First Presidential Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

Crowd in front of the White House for the inaugural reception
Date	March 4, 1829; 187 years ago (1829-03-04)
Location	United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Participants	President of the United States, Andrew Jackson Assuming office Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall Administering oath Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun Assuming office

The first inauguration of Andrew Jackson as the seventh President of the United States was held on March 4, 1829 at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Andrew Jackson as President and the second term of John C. Calhoun as Vice President. Chief Justice John Marshall administered the presidential oath of office. Calhoun resigned 7008120506400000000♠3 years, 299 days into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it. (Prior to ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967, no constitutional provision existed for filling an intra-term vacancy in the vice presidency.)

Jackson's three-week journey from Nashville, Tennessee, to Washington, D.C., first by steamboat to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then onward by carriage, was marked by large crowds greeting the president-elect.

The inauguration itself took place on March 4, 1829, and was the first time in which the ceremony was held on the East Portico of the United States Capitol. Ten thousand people arrived in town for the ceremony, eliciting this response from Francis Scott Key: "It is beautiful; it is sublime!"