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{{short description|36th United States presidential inauguration}}
{{short description|36th United States presidential inauguration}}
{{Infobox historical event
{{Infobox historical event
|Event_Name = Presidential Inauguration of<br>Herbert Hoover
|Event_Name = Presidential inauguration of<br>Herbert C. Hoover
|Image_Name = Taft Hebert Hoover Oath.jpg
|Image_Name = Taft Hebert Hoover Oath.jpg
|Image_Caption =
|Image_Caption =
| organizers = [[Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies#1929 committee|Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]]
| organizers = [[Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies#1929 committee|Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]]
| participants = [[Herbert Hoover]]<br />31st President of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[William Howard Taft]]<br />[[Chief Justice of the United States]]<br />''— Administering oath''<br /><hr>[[Charles Curtis]]<br />31st Vice President of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[Charles G. Dawes]]<br />30th Vice President of the United States<br />''— Administering oath''
| participants = [[Herbert Hoover]]<br />31st president of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[William Howard Taft]]<br />[[Chief Justice of the United States]]<br />''— Administering oath''<br /><hr>[[Charles Curtis]]<br />31st vice president of the United States<br />''— Assuming office''<br /><hr>[[Charles G. Dawes]]<br />30th vice president of the United States<br />''— Administering oath''
| Location = [[United States Capitol]],<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]
| Location = [[United States Capitol]],<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]
|Date = {{Start date and age|1929|03|04}}
|Date = {{Start date and age|1929|03|04}}
| notes = {{left|← [[Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge|1925]]}} {{right|[[First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt|1933]] →}}
| notes = {{Succession links|left=[[Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge|1925]]|right=[[First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt|1933]]}}
}}
}}
{{Herbert Hoover series}}
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The '''inauguration of Herbert Hoover''' as the 31st [[president of the United States]] was held on Monday, March 4, 1929, at the East Portico of the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] This was the 36th [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration]] and marked the commencement of the only term of both [[Herbert Hoover]] as president and [[Charles Curtis]] as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] and former President [[William Howard Taft]] administered the [[Oath of office of the president of the United States|presidential oath of office]] to Hoover. This was the first presidential inauguration to be recorded by sound [[newsreel]]s. Following the [[Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge|second inauguration]] of [[Calvin Coolidge]], overseen by Taft exactly four years earlier, it was also the second (and most recent) time that a former president administered the oath of office to a new president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/past-inaugural-ceremonies/36th-inaugural-ceremonies/|title=The 36th Presidential Inauguration: Herbert C. Hoover, March 04, 1929|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111235835/https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/past-inaugural-ceremonies/36th-inaugural-ceremonies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The [[Constitution of the United States]] gives the president the option either to swear or to affirm the oath. Hoover is often listed as having said "affirm" due to being a [[Quakers|Quaker]], but the newsreel taken of the ceremony indicates that he said "solemnly swear."<ref>{{cite book |last=Bendat |first=Jim |title=Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President, 1789-2013 |publisher=iUniverse |year=2012 |pages=xi, 28, 36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Js6TR0cNF4C |isbn=978-1-935278-47-4}}</ref> [[Franklin Pierce]] was the only president known to say "affirm" rather than "swear" when taking the oath of office.
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The '''inauguration of Herbert Hoover''' as the [[List of Presidents of the United States|31st]] [[President of the United States]] was held on Monday, March 4, 1929, at the East Portico of the [[United States Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] This was the 36th [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration]] and marked the commencement of the only term of both [[Herbert Hoover]] as President and [[Charles Curtis]] as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] and former President [[William Howard Taft]] administered the [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|presidential oath of office]] to Hoover. This was the first presidential inauguration to be recorded by sound [[newsreel]]s. It was also the second (and most recent) time that a former president administered the oath of office to a new President.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/about/past-inaugural-ceremonies/36th-inaugural-ceremonies/|title=The 36th Presidential Inauguration: Herbert C. Hoover, March 04, 1929|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>


The [[United States Constitution]] gives the President the option of either swearing the oath or affirming it. Hoover is often listed as having used "affirm" due to being a Quaker, but the newsreel taken of the ceremony indicates that the words used were "solemnly swear."<ref>{{cite book |last=Bendat |first=Jim |author-link= |title=Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President, 1789-2013 |publisher=iUniverse |year=2012 |location= |pages=xi, 28, 36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Js6TR0cNF4C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |isbn=978-1-935278-47-4}}</ref> [[Franklin Pierce]] was the only president known to use the word "affirm" rather than "swear."
In administering the oath, Taft incorrectly recited the phrase "preserve, protect and defend" as "preserve, maintain and defend". Helen Terwilliger, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student in [[Walden, New York]], caught the error and wrote to the Chief Justice to tell him. Taft conceded that he had made an error, attributing it to "the defect of an old man's memory", but asserted that he had made a different error, misquoting the words as "preserve, maintain and protect". Terwilliger did not back down from her claim; [[Fox Film]], [[Pathé News]] and [[Paramount News]], the companies that had prepared newsreels of the inauguration, examined their recordings and jointly confirmed Terwilliger's account.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bendat |first=Jim |title=Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President |year=2012 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9781935278481 |pages=36–37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Js6TR0cNF4C&pg=PA36}}</ref>

In administering the oath, Taft erroneously recited the phrase "preserve, protect and defend" as "preserve, maintain and defend". Helen Terwilliger, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student in [[Walden, New York]], caught the error and wrote to the Chief Justice to tell him. Taft conceded that he had made an error, attributing it to "the defect of an old man's memory", but asserted that he had made a different error, misquoting the words as "preserve, maintain and protect". Terwilliger did not back down from her claim; the [[Fox Film Corporation]], [[Pathe News]] and [[Paramount News]], the companies who had prepared newsreels of the inauguration, examined their recordings and jointly confirmed Terwilliger's account.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bendat |first=Jim |title=Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President |year=2012 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9781935278481 |pages=36–37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Js6TR0cNF4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:1929 in American politics]]
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[[Category:Presidency of Herbert Hoover|Inauguration]]
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[[Category:March 1929 events in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 02:39, 8 November 2024

Presidential inauguration of
Herbert C. Hoover
DateMarch 4, 1929; 95 years ago (1929-03-04)
LocationUnited States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.
Organized byJoint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
ParticipantsHerbert Hoover
31st president of the United States
— Assuming office
William Howard Taft
Chief Justice of the United States
— Administering oath
Charles Curtis
31st vice president of the United States
— Assuming office
Charles G. Dawes
30th vice president of the United States
— Administering oath
← 1925
1933 →
This article is part of
a series about
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
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Herbert Hoover's signature
Seal of the President of the United States

The inauguration of Herbert Hoover as the 31st president of the United States was held on Monday, March 4, 1929, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 36th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only term of both Herbert Hoover as president and Charles Curtis as vice president. Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft administered the presidential oath of office to Hoover. This was the first presidential inauguration to be recorded by sound newsreels. Following the second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge, overseen by Taft exactly four years earlier, it was also the second (and most recent) time that a former president administered the oath of office to a new president.[1]

The Constitution of the United States gives the president the option either to swear or to affirm the oath. Hoover is often listed as having said "affirm" due to being a Quaker, but the newsreel taken of the ceremony indicates that he said "solemnly swear."[2] Franklin Pierce was the only president known to say "affirm" rather than "swear" when taking the oath of office.

In administering the oath, Taft incorrectly recited the phrase "preserve, protect and defend" as "preserve, maintain and defend". Helen Terwilliger, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student in Walden, New York, caught the error and wrote to the Chief Justice to tell him. Taft conceded that he had made an error, attributing it to "the defect of an old man's memory", but asserted that he had made a different error, misquoting the words as "preserve, maintain and protect". Terwilliger did not back down from her claim; Fox Film, Pathé News and Paramount News, the companies that had prepared newsreels of the inauguration, examined their recordings and jointly confirmed Terwilliger's account.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "The 36th Presidential Inauguration: Herbert C. Hoover, March 04, 1929". United States Senate. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Bendat, Jim (2012). Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President, 1789-2013. iUniverse. pp. xi, 28, 36. ISBN 978-1-935278-47-4.
  3. ^ Bendat, Jim (2012). Democracy's Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President. iUniverse. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9781935278481.
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