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Richard Nixon Inauguration - January 20, 1969

Richard Nixon took the oath of office to become the 37th president of the United States. This CBS News broadcast of the inauguration, anchored by Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd, includes the swearing-in ceremony, inaugural address, a prayer by Reverend Billy Graham, and the anchors pointing out notable people in the audience before and after the ceremony.
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Jan. 20, 1961: Inaugural Ceremonies for John F. Kennedy

Heavy snow fell the night before the inauguration, but thoughts about cancelling the plans were overruled. The election of 1960 had been close, and the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts was eager to gather support for his agenda. He attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown that morning before joining President Eisenhower to travel to the Capitol. The Congress had extended the East Front, and the inaugural platform spanned the new addition. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Robert Frost read one of his poems at the ceremony.
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Jan. 20, 1977: Inaugural Ceremonies for Jimmy Carter

The Democrats reclaimed the White House in the 1976 election. The Governor from Georgia defeated Gerald Ford, who had become President on August 9, 1974, upon the resignation of President Nixon. The oath of office was taken on the Bible used in the first inauguration by George Washington; it was administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger on the East Front of the Capitol. The new President and his family surprised the spectators by walking from the Capitol to the White House after the ceremony.
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The 1993 Presidential Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton

This is video footage of the 1993 Presidential Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton as President of the United States. The footage also includes additional Presidential Inauguration festivities. This footage is official public record produced by the White House Television (WHTV) crew, provided by the Clinton Presidential Library. Courtesy; William J. Clinton Presidential Library
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Jan. 20, 2001: Inaugural Ceremonies for George W. Bush

The first inauguration of the 21st century and the new millennium followed one of the most contested elections in U.S. history, which hinged on a few thousand disputed ballots in Florida. Vice President Albert Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush took their case to the Supreme Court. More than a month after the election, Bush was declared the winner following the Supreme Court's decision that the state's different systems of recounting in different counties violated the Constitution's equal protection provision. Governor Bush, the son of former president George Bush, took the oath of office from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who had also sworn in his father.
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