 Harry Truman delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in for his second term in office. | |
| Date | January 20, 1949 |
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| Location | United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. |
| Organized by | Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |
| Participants | Harry S. Truman 33rd president of the United States — Assuming office Fred M. Vinson Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath Alben W. Barkley 35th vice president of the United States — Assuming office Stanley Forman Reed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States — Administering oath |
The second inauguration of Harry S. Truman as president of the United States was held on Thursday, January 20, 1949, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 41st inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of Harry S. Truman as president as well as the only term of Alben W. Barkley as vice president. Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson administered the presidential oath of office while Justice Stanley Forman Reed administered the vice-presidential oath of office.
It was the first televised U.S. presidential inauguration[1] and the first with an air parade.[2] Truman also restarted the tradition of an official inaugural ball, which had disappeared since the inauguration of William Howard Taft in 1909.[1]
- ^ a b "The 41st Presidential Inauguration: Harry S. Truman, January 20, 1949". United States Senate. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ Shannon Humphrey, "Three-time war vet reflects: John G. Corley II, of Gloucester, flew in Truman's air parade in 1949, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War", Newport News Daily Press (McClatchy), February 20, 2009; accessed via ProQuest.