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Inauguration of Andrew Johnson
The inauguration of Andrew Johnson as the 17th president of the United States was held on April 15, 1865, on the third floor of Kirkwood House in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The inauguration marked the commencement of Andrew Johnson's only term (a partial term of 3 years, 323 days) as president. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office.
This was the third non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to take place, and the first extraordinary inauguration in which a Chief Justice administered the oath to the new president. News reports had it that the oath was administered at 11 a.m. that day.
After the ceremony, President Johnson gave an impromptu inaugural address, which began with him begging the cabinet to remain with him and then attacking the Confederate States of America with such venom, that one witness remarked "It would have been better had he been struck dumb."[page needed]
As President Lincoln lay dying, Vice President Johnson visited the room where he lay. When Mrs. Lincoln saw him, she reportedly screamed and demanded he be removed, so he went back to his room at Kirkwood House.[citation needed]
Rumours spread that Johnson had gotten severely inebriated, and when aides to the now-dead Lincoln came to fetch the new president they were unable to wake him for several minutes. According to this rumours, when he was finally awake he had puffy eyes and his hair was caked with mud from the street, and a barber and doctor were summoned to clean him up for the 10 a.m. ceremony, which most accounts agree went smoothly. However, there are other accounts, believed more reliable by some, that refute this claim.
Most of what is known about the swearing-in of Johnson comes from one wire report: "Andrew Johnson was sworn into office as President of the United States by Chief Justice Chase to-day at eleven o'clock." The ceremony was witnessed by members of the cabinet and "a few Congressmen."
Ramsey, Stewart, and Yates were members of the United States Senate at the time of Andrew Johnson's 1868 impeachment; all three voted to convict.
According to James G. Blaine, the swearing of the oath was attended by "all the members of the Cabinet except" Secretary of State Seward (who had been gravely wounded by the conspirators against Lincoln's government), meaning that Gideon Welles, John Palmer Usher, and William Dennison Jr. would also have been present.
Inauguration of Andrew Johnson
The inauguration of Andrew Johnson as the 17th president of the United States was held on April 15, 1865, on the third floor of Kirkwood House in Washington, D.C., following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The inauguration marked the commencement of Andrew Johnson's only term (a partial term of 3 years, 323 days) as president. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office.
This was the third non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration to take place, and the first extraordinary inauguration in which a Chief Justice administered the oath to the new president. News reports had it that the oath was administered at 11 a.m. that day.
After the ceremony, President Johnson gave an impromptu inaugural address, which began with him begging the cabinet to remain with him and then attacking the Confederate States of America with such venom, that one witness remarked "It would have been better had he been struck dumb."[page needed]
As President Lincoln lay dying, Vice President Johnson visited the room where he lay. When Mrs. Lincoln saw him, she reportedly screamed and demanded he be removed, so he went back to his room at Kirkwood House.[citation needed]
Rumours spread that Johnson had gotten severely inebriated, and when aides to the now-dead Lincoln came to fetch the new president they were unable to wake him for several minutes. According to this rumours, when he was finally awake he had puffy eyes and his hair was caked with mud from the street, and a barber and doctor were summoned to clean him up for the 10 a.m. ceremony, which most accounts agree went smoothly. However, there are other accounts, believed more reliable by some, that refute this claim.
Most of what is known about the swearing-in of Johnson comes from one wire report: "Andrew Johnson was sworn into office as President of the United States by Chief Justice Chase to-day at eleven o'clock." The ceremony was witnessed by members of the cabinet and "a few Congressmen."
Ramsey, Stewart, and Yates were members of the United States Senate at the time of Andrew Johnson's 1868 impeachment; all three voted to convict.
According to James G. Blaine, the swearing of the oath was attended by "all the members of the Cabinet except" Secretary of State Seward (who had been gravely wounded by the conspirators against Lincoln's government), meaning that Gideon Welles, John Palmer Usher, and William Dennison Jr. would also have been present.
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