What is First inauguration of Thomas Jefferson?
[[File:T Jefferson by Charles Willson Peale 1791 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Thomas Jefferson before being president (1791)]] The '''first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson''' took place on March 4, 1801. Jefferson was sworn-in by [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[John Marshall]]. Jefferson became the [[List of presidents of the United States|third]] [[president of the United States]]. It was the first presidential inauguration held in the [[United States]]'s capitol, [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=Congress>{{cite web |title=Inauguration of President Thomas Jefferson, 1801 |url=http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/tjefferson1801.cfm |publisher=Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies |accessdate=2009-01-22 |archive-date=2009-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120211451/http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/chronology/tjefferson1801.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the beginning of Jefferson's first term as president and [[Aaron Burr]] as [[Vice President]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US inaugurations}} {{DEFAULTSORT:First inauguration of Thomas Jefferson}} [[Category:1801]] [[Category:Thomas Jefferson]] [[Category:United States presidential inaugurations|Jefferson, Thomas]] [[Category:1800s in the United States]] [[Category:19th century in Washington, D.C.|Jefferson, Thomas]] {{multistub|history|US}}