Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman

Second presidential inauguration of Harry S. Truman

Harry Truman delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in for his second term in office.
Date	January 20, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-01-20)
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
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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]