 Inauguration ceremonies at the Capitol. | |
| Date | March 4, 1917; 108 years ago (1917-03-04) (private) March 5, 1917 (1917-03-05) (public) |
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| Location | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| Organized by | Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |
| Participants | Woodrow Wilson 28th president of the United States — Assuming office Edward Douglass White Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath Thomas R. Marshall 28th vice president of the United States — Assuming office Willard Saulsbury Jr. President pro tempore of the United States Senate — Administering oath |
Thesecond inauguration of Woodrow Wilson aspresident of the United States was held privately on Sunday, March 4, 1917, at thePresident's Room inside theUnited States Capitol inWashington, D.C., and publicly on Monday, March 5, 1917, at the East Portico of the Capitol. This was the 33rdinauguration and marked the commencement of the second and final four-year term of bothWoodrow Wilson as president andThomas R. Marshall asvice president.Chief JusticeEdward D. White administered thepresidential oath of office to Wilson.[1]
Crowds of men in Washington for the inauguration assaulted women who were picketing the White House and demanding that women get the right to vote. Press coverage of the violence and thewomen's suffrage movement overshadowed that of the inauguration itself.[2]
