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This was the 49th inauguration and marked the commencement of Ronald Reagan's and George H. W. Bush's first term as president and vice president, respectively. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the presidential oath of office to Reagan, who placed his hand upon a family Bible given to him by his mother, open to 2 Chronicles 7:14. [1]
At 73 years, 349 days of age on Inauguration Day, Reagan was the oldest U.S. president to be inaugurated until Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, at the age of 78 years, 61 days. This was the last inauguration to be inside a government building until the second inauguration of Donald Trump forty years later in 2025. [3]
Ronald Reagan's tenure as the 40th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1981, and ended on January 20, 1989. Reagan, a Republican from California, took office following his landslide victory over Democrat incumbent president Jimmy Carter and independent congressman John B. Anderson in the 1980 presidential election.
US President Ronald Reagan is sworn in as 40th President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger beside his wife Nancy Reagan (C) during inaugural ceremony, on January 21, 1985 in the ...
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The first inauguration of Andrew Jackson, in 1829, was the first of 35 held on the east front of the Capitol. Since the 1981 first inauguration of Ronald Reagan, they have been held on the Capitol's west front; a move designed to both cut costs and to provide more space for spectators. [13]
Here are the records for inaugural weather since 1937, the first January Inauguration Day, according to the National Weather Service: Warmest: 1981. Reagan's first inauguration.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That's what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold his second inauguration indoors because of an unusually cold weather forecast.