“I Do Solemnly Swear...” Inaugural Materials from the Collections of the Library of Congress
Exhibition Items
- George Washington (1732-1799) to Henry Knox. (1750-1806). Manuscript letter in hand of Washington's secretary, April 10, 1789 Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (1)
- Inaugural Committee on Ceremony. in the Senate, April 27, 1789. [in secretary's hand] Manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (3)
- Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888). James M. Ives (1824-1895) Washington's reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J. , April, 1789: on his way to New York to be inaugurated first President of theUnited States. New York: N. Currier, ca.1845 Lithograph. Prints & Photograph Division, Library of Congresss (3A). LC-USZC4-703 [cph 3b52213]
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Holograph manuscript, 1801. Page 2. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (4A)
- "Pieces". Sheet Music, March 4, 1801. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (5)
- William Russell Birch (1755-1834), artist. A View of the Capitol of Washington before it was Burnt Down by the British, ca. 1800. Copyprint from the original watercolor. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (5A). LC-USZC4-247 [cph.3a05552]
- Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). Inaugural Address, March 4, 1829. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. [ Transcript ]. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (8)
- President's Levee, or All Creation Going to the White House, Washington, [March 4, 1829]. Illustrated in The Playfair Papers, London: Saunders and Otley, 1841 Frontispiece. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (10)
- James Hamilton to Martin Van Buren, March 5, 1829. Holograph letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (9)
- Presidential Inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C., March 4, 1841. Lithograph. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (12). LC-USZ62-58550 [cph 3b06359]
- Invitation, Tippecanoe Inauguration Ball, 1841. Printed invitation. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (13)
- John H. Bufford, artist The Tippecanoe or Log Cabin Quick Step. Boston: Henry Prentiss, 1840. Lithograph on wove paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (11). LC-USZ62-92277 [cph 3b45139]
- Inaugural address, March 4, 1845. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (17)
- Henry Ewing to James K. Polk, March 3, 1845. Holograph letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (16)
- Arrangement for the Inauguration of the President-elect, on the Fifth of March, 1849. Washington, D.C.: 1849. Leaflet. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (17D)
- Republican Extra--St. Louis, March 5, 5p.m. President Taylor's Inaugural Address. St. Louis: 1849. Broadside. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (17E)
- Thomas W. Strong, engraver. Union.. New York: Ackerman, ca. 1848 Woodcut on wove paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (17A) LC-USZC4-2713 [cph 3g02713]
- For President of the People Zachary Taylor. Philadelphia: J.L. Rogers, ca. 1846. Lithograph on wove paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (17C). LC-USZ62-90706 [cph 3b37055]
- Grand, National Whig Banner. Press Onward. New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1848. Copyprint from lithograph with watercolor. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (17F). LC-USZC2-584 [cph 3b48485]
- Col. W. Emmons. An Ode in honor of the inauguration of Buchanan & Breckinridge, President and Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1857. Leaflet. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (18B)
- Grand National Inauguration Ball. Philadelphia: Toppan Carpenter & Co., 1857 Printed invitation. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (20)
- John Wood, photographer. Inauguration of James Buchanan, President of the United States, at the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. Albumen print, March 4, 1857. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (19)
- The "Wigwam" Grand March. Lithograph. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., ca. 1860. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (21A). LC-USZ62-30647 [cph 3a31316]
- Lincoln & Hamlin, Ward 5 . . . Republican Ticket. Boston: Wright & Potter, [1860] Broadside. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (21B)
- Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun. Holograph draft, May 23, 1860. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (21C)
- Bible. Oxford: 1853. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (23)
- Captain Montgomery Meigs (1816-1892). Holograph diary [in shorthand] entry for March 4, 1861. Inauguration of President Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol. and stereograph view of the inaugural ceremony. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (24)
- Abraham Lincoln to his cabinet members. Holograph letter, August 23, 1864. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (24A)
- Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865. Philadelphia: 1865 Broadside. Rare Book & Special Collection Division, Library of Congress (25A)
- Alexander Gardner (1821-1882). Crowd at Lincoln's second inauguration, 1865. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (28). LC-USA7-16837 [ppmsc -02927]
- Inaugural Poem. Printed in the Chronicle Junioron a press in a wagon during Lincoln's inaugural parade, March 4, 1865. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (26)
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). Inaugural Address, March 4, 1869. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (31)
- U.S. Congress Senate Gallery. Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, 1869 Printed ticket. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (32)
- National Union Republican Candidates. Hartford: Kellogg & Bulkeley, ca. 1868. Lithograph on wove paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (30). LC-USZ62-7602 [cph 3a10246 ]
- Grand National Republican Banner. New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1876. Lithograph on wove paper. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (34). LC-USZC2-2490 [cph 3b50364]
- Inauguration of President Hayes, Showing Senate Wing of the U.S. Capitol and the Crowd on the Lawn before It, March 5, 1877. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (35) LC-USA7-29858 [ppmsc 02923]
- Public inauguration of President Rutherford B. Hayes, March 5, 1877. Copyprint from stereograph. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (33). LC-USZ62-12314 [ppmsc 02926]
- James Garfield (1831-1881). Diary entry. Page 2 Holograph manuscript. March 5, 1877. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (37)
- Carl Strandberg, composer. Inauguration Grand March, 1877. Sheet music score. Music Division, Library of Congress (36)
- James Garfield (1831-1881). Draft of inaugural address, ca. March 4, 1881. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Holograph manuscript Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (39)
- James Garfield (1831-1881). Diary Entries of James A. Garfield, March 3 and 4, 1881. Page 2. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (41)
- President Garfield in Reviewing Stand, Viewing Inauguration Ceremonies, March 4, 1881. Copyprint Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (43). LC-USZ62-20851 [ppmsc 02921]
- Inaugural Ball Program, March 4, 1881. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Page 12. Page 13. Page 14. Page 15. Page 16. Booklet. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (42)
- Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) Draft of inaugural address in Harrison's hand, March 4, 1889. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Page 12. Page 13. Page 14. Page 15. Page 16. Page 17. Page 18. Page 19. Page 20. Page 21. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (45)
- Souvenir Inaugural Ball, March 4, 1889. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Washington, D.C.: 1889. Booklet. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (47)
- Elizabeth E. Hutter to Benjamin Harrison, March 6, 1889. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Manuscript letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (48)
- J.C. Hemment, photographer. The New President Delivering his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (50). LC-USZ62-237 [ppmsc 02914]
- Admission ticket for an employee of the Library of Congress to the inaugural. platform, after the procession from the Senate Chambers, March 4, 1897. Printed card. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (51)
- Program and Souvenir of the Inauguration Hon. William Mckinley. . . . March 4, 1897. Printed booklet. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (53A). [Inaugural Ballbooklet showing Pension Building at night, March 4, 1897]. Printed booklet. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (52)
- Theodore Roosevelt in Carriage on Pennsylvania Avenue on Way to Capitol, March 4, 1905. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (53C). LC-USZ62-24952 [ppmsc 02910]
- U.S. Inauguration Committee Invitation, 1905. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (53D)
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Page 12. Typescript notes with emendations for inaugural address, 1905. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (53B)
- Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth,. November 10, 1907 Typed letter signed by Roosevelt. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (53E)
- Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). Draft of and notes on inaugural address, March 4, 1913, in Wilson's shorthand script. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5. Page 6. Page 7. Holograph Manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (55)
- Carriage Police Pass, Inaugural, March 4, 1913. Printed circular pass. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (56). Invitation to Inauguration Ceremonies, March 4, 1913
- Printed invitation. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (57)
- Official Program, March Fourth 1913. Printed program. Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (57A)
- William Howard Taft to Helen Taft Manning, April 13, 1924. Page 2. Page 3. Manuscript letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (57F)
- "I Do Not Choose to Run for President in Nineteen Twenty Eight.". Holograph note. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (57D)
- Clifford Berryman (1869-1949), artist. Choosin' to run isn't as restful as this, 1928. Pen-and-ink over graphite under drawing on paper Published in The Evening Star, Washington D.C.: August 13, 1928. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (57E). LC-USZ62-14230. [acd 2a06168]
- Clifford Berryman (1869-1949) All set for the campaign! 1932. Pen and ink over graphite under-drawing on paper The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.:, July 21, 1932 Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (58). LC-USZ62-14164. [acd 2a06397]
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover in Convertible Automobile on the Way to U.S. Capitol for Roosevelt's Inauguration, March 4, 1933]. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (59). LC-USA7-18241 [ppmsc 02895]
- Invitation to White House luncheon buffet, March 4, 1933. Printed invitation. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (61)
- David Rankin Barbee (1874-1958). "Inaugural Balls of the Past" in the Inaugural Program,March 4, 1993. Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 5 Washington, D.C.: Ramsdell Incorporated, 1933. Printed booklet. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (62)
- President-elect John F. Kennedy Shakes Hands with Father Richard J. Casey, the Pastor, after Attending Mass at Holy Trinity Church . . . prior to Inauguration Ceremonies, January 20, 1961. Copyprint. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress (63). LC-USZ62-70671 [ppmsc 02884]
- Robert Frost (1874-1963). Dedication, 1961. Page 2. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (65)
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