1. Inauguration as president

    · United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States

    Inauguration as president
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    Taft traveled with outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt from the White House to the Capitol on the day he took the presidential oath. The Library of Congress account identifies the journey on March 4, 1909; Taft's oath was administered inside the Senate chamber because of the blizzard.

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