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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 (search)
ases when the time for inaugurating a new President fell on Sunday. Mr. Hayes, therefore, took the oath of office privately, in Senator Sherman's house, on Sunday, and on the following day the public inauguration ceremonies were performed at the usual place, on the east front of the Capitol, in the presence of an immense multitude of people. The oath of office was administered by Chief-Justice Waite. See cabinet, President's. Inaugural Address>head> In his inaugural address, on March 5, 1877, President Hayes discussed the progress of reconstruction in the Southern States and the operations of the Electoral Commission. Fellow-Citizens,—We have assembled to repeat the public ceremonial, begun by Washington, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time-honored custom, which marks the commencement of a new term of the Presidential office. Called to the duties of this great trust, I proceed, in compliance with usage, to announce some of the leading principles, on the sub
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resident confirmed, and joint meeting of two Houses of Congress dissolves at 4.10 A. M.......March 2, 1877 President calls special session of the Senate for March 5, 1877......March 2, 1877 House of Representatives resolves that Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks received 196 electoral votes for President and Vice-Presi P. M., Saturday,......March 3, 1877 Forty-fourth Congress adjourns......March 4, 1877 R. B. Hayes inaugurated and publicly takes the oath of office......March 5, 1877 Special session of Senate convenes; Vice-President Wheeler sworn in......March 5, 1877 twenty-third administration—Republican, March 4, 1877, to March 3,March 5, 1877 twenty-third administration—Republican, March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1881. Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio, President. William A. Wheeler, New York, Vice-President. Special session of Senate adjourns......March 17, 1877 John D. Lee, convicted of complicity in the Mountain Meadow massacre, executed......March 23, 1877 Packard legislature in Louisiana breaks up......April 21, 1877 Forty-f