What is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon?
[[File:Nixon 1973 inauguration.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Richard Nixon taking the oath of office for his second presidential term]] The '''second inauguration of Richard Nixon''' as the 37th [[president of the United States]] happened on January 20, 1973. It was the start of the second and final term of [[Richard Nixon]] as [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Spiro Agnew]] as [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. A public ceremony happened on the East Front of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The event was the 47th presidential [[United States presidential inauguration|inauguration.]] Both Nixon and Agnew did not complete their terms in office. Agnew resigned in October 1973 and was replaced by [[Gerald Ford]] in December 1973, while Nixon resigned in August 1974, making Ford become the president. Nixon is the first and, as of 2020, only person to be inaugurated four times as both president and vice president. [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[Warren E. Burger]] administered the oath of office to both Nixon and Agnew.<ref>{{Cite web|title=47TH INAUGURAL CEREMONIES|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/47th-inaugural-ceremonies/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies|language=en-US}}</ref> On January 22, 1973, two days after Nixon's second inauguration, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], the president before Nixon, died of a heart attack. He was 64. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikisource|Richard Nixon's Second Inaugural Address}} * [http://www.hulu.com/watch/52741/inaugural-speeches-richard-nixon-second-inaugural-address Video of Nixon's Second Inaugural Address from hulu.com (with audio)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123035226/http://www.hulu.com/watch/52741/inaugural-speeches-richard-nixon-second-inaugural-address |date=2009-01-23 }} * [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/nixon2.asp Text of Nixon's Second Inaugural Address] * [http://millercenter