Mississippi & Presidential Elections

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Washington & Lincoln

Taft's Trip to Mississippi

Woodrow Wilson

FDR & Senator Pat Harrison

W.T. Marshall Collection

JFK & The University of Mississippi

LBJ

Nixon & Ford

Willie Morris Collection

Inaugurations

Presidential Signed Documents

Presidents and the Blues

Presidential Deaths

Inaugurations

The U.S. Constitution requires the incoming President to take a simple oath to “faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States” and to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.” Most presidential inaugurations occur at the U.S. Capitol, as in this photograph of William Taft. Though the oath is the only constitutional requirement, Inauguration Day has become a time of celebration for the incoming administration, characterized by concerts, balls, galas, parades, and receptions.

Notable American citizens, such as Nobel Prize author William Faulkner, often receive elaborate invitations from inauguration committees. Later inaugurations included programs celebrating the winning candidates and their families, like the one below from 1992 which includes photographs of the Clintons and Gores on the campaign trail.

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