What is First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant?
[[File:USCapitol1877.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Guests and citizens gather to watch Grant's inauguration, March 4, 1869]] The '''first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant''' as the [[List of presidents of the United States|18th]] [[president of the United States]] took place on March 4, 1869. The [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration]] was the beginning of the first four-year term of [[Ulysses S. Grant]] as President and the only term of [[Schuyler Colfax]] as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. This inauguration was the first that both living parents of the president attended. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[Salmon P. Chase]] administered the [[Oath of office of the President of the United States|oath of office]]. [[Andrew Johnson]] did not attend the inaugural ceremonies, as President-elect Grant refused to sit with him in the carriage going to it. Instead, he was in the [[White House]] signing last-minute legislation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/usgrant1869.cfm |title=Ulysses S. Grant inauguration |access-date=2014-03-01 |archive-date=2009-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211653/http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/usgrant1869.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US inaugurations}} {{DEFAULTSORT:First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant}} [[Category:1869 in North America]] [[Category:Ulysses S. Grant]] [[Category:United States presidential inaugurations|Grant, Ulysses S.]] [[Category:1860s in the United States]] [[Category:March events]] {{multistub|history|US}}