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Vice Presidential Oaths of Office
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DATEVICE PRESIDENT
(PRESIDENT)		LOCATIONOATH ADMINISTERED BY
April 21, 1789John Adams
(Washington)		Federal Hall, New York CityJohn Langdon, President pro tempore of the Senate
December 2, 1793John Adams
(Washington)		Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, PhiladelphiaJohn Langdon, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1797Thomas Jefferson
(J. Adams)		Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, PhiladelphiaWilliam Bingham, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1801Aaron Burr
(Jefferson)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJames Hillhouse, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1805George Clinton
(Jefferson)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJohn Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1809George Clinton
(Madison)		No record of his having taken the oath 
No V.P. April 1812 - 1813
  Elbridge Gerry
(Madison)		Presented a certificate on May 24, 1813, as having taken the oath as prescribed by lawJohn Davis, U.S. District Judge
No V.P. November 1814 - March 1817
March 4, 1817Daniel D. Thompkins
(Monroe)		Senate Chamber, Old Brick Capitol, (1st & A Sts., N.E.; site of present Supreme Court Building)John Gaillard, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 3, 1821Daniel D. Thompkins
(Monroe)		Thompkins' residence, New YorkWilliam P. Van Ness, U.S. District Judge
March 4, 1825John C. Calhoun
(J.Q. Adams)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolAndrew Jackson, U.S. Senator
March 4, 1829John C. Calhoun
(Jackson)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolSamuel Smith, President pro tempore of the Senate
No V.P. December 1832 - March 1833
March 4, 1833Martin Van Buren
(Jackson)		House Chamber, U.S. CapitolJohn Marshall, Chief Justice
March 4, 1837Richard M. Johnson
(Van Buren)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam Rufus King, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1841John Tyler
(Harrison)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the Senate
No V.P. April 1841 - March 1845
March 4, 1845George M. Dallas
(Polk)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 5, 1849Millard Fillmore
(Taylor)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolDavid R. Atchison, President pro tempore of the Senate
No V.P. July 1850 - March 1853
March 24, 1853William R. King
(Pierce)		CubaWilliam Sharkey, U.S. Consul
No V.P. April 1853 - March 1857
March 4, 1857John C. Breckinridge
(Buchanan)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJames M. Mason, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1861Hannibal Hamlin
(Lincoln)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJohn C. Breckinridge, retiring Vice President
March 4, 1865Andrew Johnson
(Lincoln)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolHannibal Hamlin, retiring Vice President
No V.P. April 1865 - March 1869
March 4, 1869Schuyler Colfax
(Grant)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolBenjamin F. Wade, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1873Henry Wilson
(Grant)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolSchuyler Colfax, retiring Vice President
No V.P. November 1873 - March 1877
March 5, 1877William A. Wheeler
(Hayes)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolThomas W. Ferry, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1881Chester A. Arthur
(Garfield)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam A. Wheeler, retiring Vice President
No V.P. September 1881 - March 1885
March 4, 1885Thomas A. Hendricks
(Cleveland)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolGeorge F. Edmunds, President pro tempore of the Senate
No V.P. September 1885 - March 1889
March 4, 1889Levi P. Morton
(B. Harrison)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJohn J. Ingalls, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1893Adlai E. Stevenson
(Cleveland)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolLevi P. Morton, retiring Vice President
March 4, 1897Garret A. Hobart
(McKinley)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolAdlai E. Stevenson, retiring Vice President
No V.P. November 1899 - March 1901
March 4, 1901Theodore Roosevelt
(McKinley)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate
No V.P. September 1901 - March 1905
March 4, 1905Charles W. Fairbanks
(T. Roosevelt)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWilliam P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1909James S. Sherman
(Taft)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolCharles W. Fairbanks, retiring Vice President
No V.P. October 1912 - March 1913
March 4, 1913Thomas R. Marshall
(Wilson)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolJacob H. Gallinger, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 5, 1917Thomas R. Marshall
(Wilson)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWillard Saulsbury, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1921Calvin Coolidge
(Harding)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolThomas R. Marshall, retiring Vice President
No V.P. August 1923 - March 1925
March 4, 1925Charles G. Dawes
(Hoover)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolAlbert B. Cummins, President pro tempore of the Senate
March 4, 1929Charles Curtis
(Hoover)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolCharles G. Dawes, retiring Vice President
March 4, 1933John N. Garner
(F. D. Roosevelt)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolCharles Curtis, retiring Vice President
January 20, 1937John N. Garner
(F. D. Roosevelt)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolJoseph T. Robinson, U.S. Senator
January 20, 1941Henry A. Wallace
(F. D. Roosevelt)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolJohn N. Garner, retiring Vice President
January 20, 1945Harry S. Truman
(F. D. Roosevelt)		South Portico, White HouseHenry A. Wallace, retiring Vice President
No V.P. April 1945 - January 1949
January 20, 1949Alben W. Barkley
(Truman)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolStanley F. Reed, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 1953Richard M. Nixon
(Eisenhower)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolWilliam F. Knowland, U.S. Senator
January 21, 1957Richard M. Nixon
(Eisenhower)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolWilliam F. Knowland, U.S. Senator
January 20, 1961Lyndon B. Johnson
(Kennedy)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolSam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives
No V.P. November 1963 - January 1965
January 20, 1965Hubert H. Humphrey
(L. B. Johnson)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolJohn W. McCormack, Speaker of the House of Representatives
January 20, 1969Spiro T. Agnew
(Nixon)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolEverett M. Dirksen, Minority Leader of the Senate
January 20, 1973Spiro T. Agnew
(Nixon)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolWarren E. Burger, Chief Justice
No V.P. October - December 1973
December 6, 1973Gerald R. Ford
(Nixon)		House Chamber, U.S. CapitolWarren E. Burger, Chief Justice
No V.P. August - December 1974
December 19, 1974Nelson A. Rockefeller
(Ford)		Senate Chamber, U.S. CapitolWarren E. Burger, Chief Justice
January 20, 1977Walter F. Mondale
(Carter)		East Portico, U.S. CapitolThomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives
January 20, 1981George H. W. Bush
(Reagan)		West Front, U.S. CapitolPotter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 1985George H. W. Bush
(Reagan)		Privately in North Entrance Hall, White HousePotter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 21, 1985George H. W. Bush
(Reagan)		Publicly in Rotunda, U.S. CapitolPotter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 1989J. Danforth Quayle
(Bush)		West Front, U.S. CapitolSandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 1993Albert Gore, Jr.
(Clinton)		West Front, U.S. CapitolByron R. White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 1997Albert Gore, Jr.
(Clinton)		West Front, U.S. CapitolRuth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 2001Richard Cheney
(Bush)		West Front, U.S. CapitolWilliam H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
January 20, 2005Richard Cheney
(Bush)		West Front, U.S. CapitolJ. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House

 
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