First inauguration of William McKinley

28th United States presidential inauguration

First presidential inauguration of William McKinley

Chief Justice Melville Fuller administering the oath to McKinley as president in 1897. Outgoing president Grover Cleveland stands to the right.

Date| March 4, 1897; 128 years ago (1897-03-04)
Location| United States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.
Participants| William McKinley
25th president of the United States
— Assuming office

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Melville Fuller
Chief Justice of the United States
— Administering oath

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Garret Hobart
24th vice president of the United States
— Assuming office

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Adlai Stevenson I
23rd vice president of the United States
— Administering oath

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Personal

* Tariff

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U.S. Representative from Ohio

* Governorship
* 1891 gubernatorial election
* 1893 gubernatorial election

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25th President of the United States

* Presidency
* timeline
* Inaugurations
* first
* second
* Executive actions
* Judicial appointments

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Tenure

* Dingley Tariff
* Industrial Commission
* Army beef scandal
* Teller Amendment
* Newlands Resolution
* Spanish–American War
* Philippine–American War
* Hawaiian Annexation
* Gold Standard Act
* Boxer Rebellion
* Platt Amendment
* Pan American Exposition
* Assassination

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Presidential campaigns

* 1896
* convention
* campaign
* election

1900
* convention
* election

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Legacy

* Presidential library
* McKinley Monument
* Bibliography
* Fourth Party System
* Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute

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The first inauguration of William McKinley as the 25th president of the United States took place on Thursday, March 4, 1897, in front of the Old Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. This was the 28th inauguration and marked the commencement of the first, and eventually only full term of William McKinley as president and the only term of Garret Hobart as vice president. Chief Justice Melville Fuller administered the presidential oath of office. This was the first inauguration to be recorded on film,[1] and was the last presidential inauguration to take place in the 19th century. Hobart died 2 years, 262 days into this term, and the office remained vacant since there was no constitutional provision which allow an intra-term vice-presidential office filling; it would be regulated by the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967.

## Gallery

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* Inaugural pamphlet from the occasion

## See also

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* Presidency of William McKinley
* Second inauguration of William McKinley
* 1896 United States presidential election

## References

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1. ^ "The 28th Presidential Inauguration: William McKinley, March 04, 1897". United States Senate. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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English Wikisource has original text related to this article:

William McKinley's First Inaugural Address

* Text of McKinley's First Inaugural Address

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William McKinley

* 25th President of the United States (1897–1901)
* 39th Governor of Ohio (1892–1896)

Life|

* 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
* Battle of South Mountain
* Coal miners' strike of 1873
* 1888 Republican National Convention
* McKinley Tariff
* 1896 United States presidential election
* William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign
* 1896 Republican National Convention
* Front porch campaign

Presidency
(timeline)|

* First inauguration of William McKinley
* Spanish–American War
* Philippine–American War
* Treaty of Paris (1898)
* Newlands Resolution
* Open Door Policy
* China Relief Expedition
* Hay–Pauncefote Treaty
* Dingley Act
* Erdman Act
* Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897
* Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
* Refuse Act
* Lacey Act of 1900
* Gold Standard Act
* 1900 United States presidential election
* 1900 Republican National Convention
* Second inauguration of William McKinley
* Pan-American Exposition
* Assassination of William McKinley

Public image|

* McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
* McKinley National Memorial
* McKinley Monument
* William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum
* National McKinley Birthplace Memorial
* McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center
* William McKinley Memorial
* McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar
* William McKinley Monument
* Statues
* Canton, Ohio
* Chicago
* Mount McKinley

Family|

* Ida Saxton McKinley (wife)
* William McKinley Sr. (father)

* ← Grover Cleveland
* Theodore Roosevelt →

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