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| Date | March 4, 1825; 200 years ago (1825-03-04) |
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| Location | United States Capitol Washington, D.C. |
| Participants | John Quincy Adams 6th president of the United States — Assuming office John Marshall Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath John C. Calhoun 7th vice president of the United States — Assuming office Andrew Jackson[citation needed] United States Senator —Administering oath |
Theinauguration of John Quincy Adams as the sixthpresident of the United States took place on Friday, March 4, 1825, in the House Chamber of theU.S. Capitol inWashington, D.C. Theinauguration marked the commencement of the only four-year term ofJohn Quincy Adams as president and the first term ofJohn C. Calhoun asvice president. Adams was the first president to have been the son of a former president–John Adams; and Calhoun, at age 42 on Inauguration Day, was the second-youngest vice president (afterDaniel D. Tompkins, who was 3 months younger when inaugurated into office in 1817).
John Quincy Adams was elected president by theHouse of Representatives after none of the four candidates secured amajority of votes in theelectoral college in the1824 presidential election, as prescribed by theTwelfth Amendment to the Constitution. The outcome was assured whenHenry Clay, one of the front-runners, threw his support to Adams so thatAndrew Jackson's candidacy would fail.[1] Jackson had polled morepopular votes in the election, but he did not gain enough electoral votes to win outright. Adams ran for re-election in1828, but lost to Jackson.[1]
Chief Justice of the United StatesJohn Marshall administered theoath of office to the new president.[2] Adams, as he recalled later, placed his hand upon on a book of law rather than theBible itself as he recited the oath.[2] This may have been common practice at the time; there is no concrete evidence that any president from John Adams to John Tyler used a Bible to swear the oath upon.[3][4] His inaugural address was 2,915 words long.[5]
Adams wore ashort haircut instead of long hair tied in aqueue[6] and longtrousers instead ofknee breeches, thusbecoming the first president to have made thechange of dress at the inaugural ceremony.[2] The weather that day was described as 'rainy' with a total rainfall of 0.79 inches (20 mm). The estimated noon temperature was 47 °F (8 °C).[2]
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