20th to 39th Congresses
(March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1867)
Date | Type | Occasion, topic, or location | Name and position of dignitary
(Where Applicable) |
---|---|---|---|
20th Congress (1827–1829) | |||
Feb. 11, 1829 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
21st Congress (1829–1831) | |||
Mar. 4, 1829 | Inauguration | East Portico8 | President Andrew Jackson. |
22nd Congress (1831–1833) | |||
Feb. 13, 1833 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
23rd Congress (1833–1835) | |||
Mar. 4, 1833 | Inauguration | Hall of the House9 | President Andrew Jackson. |
Dec. 31, 1834 | Joint Session | Lafayette eulogy | Representative and former President John Quincy Adams; ceremony attended by President Andrew Jackson. |
24th Congress (1835–1837) | |||
Feb. 8, 1837 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
25th Congress (1837–1839) | |||
Mar. 4, 1837 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Martin Van Buren. |
26th Congress (1839–1841) | |||
Feb. 10, 1841 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
27th Congress (1841–1843) | |||
Mar. 4, 1841 | Inauguration | East Portico | President William Henry Harrison. |
28th Congress (1843–1845) | |||
Feb. 12, 1845 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
29th Congress (1845–1847) | |||
Mar. 4, 1845 | Inauguration | East Portico | President James Knox Polk. |
30th Congress (1847–1849) | |||
Feb. 14, 1849 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
31st Congress (1849–1851) | |||
Mar. 5, 1849 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Zachary Taylor. |
July 10, 1850 | Joint Session |
Oath of office to
President Millard Fillmore10 | N.A. |
32nd Congress (1851–1853) | |||
Feb. 9, 1853 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
33rd Congress (1853–1855) | |||
Mar. 4, 1853 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Franklin Pierce. |
34th Congress (1855–1857) | |||
Feb. 11, 1857 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
35th Congress (1857–1859) | |||
Mar. 4, 1857 | Inauguration | East Portico | President James Buchanan. |
36th Congress (1859–1861) | |||
Feb. 13, 1861 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
37th Congress (1861–1863) | |||
Mar. 4, 1861 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Abraham Lincoln. |
Feb. 22, 1862 | Joint Session |
Reading of
Washington's farewell address | John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. |
38th Congress (1863–1865) | |||
Feb. 8, 1865 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
39th Congress (1865–1867) | |||
Mar. 4, 1865 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Abraham Lincoln. |
Feb. 12, 1866 | Joint Session | Memorial to Abraham Lincoln | George Bancroft, historian; ceremony attended by President Andrew Johnson. |
Footnotes
8The ceremony was moved outside to accommodate the extraordinarily large crowd of people who had come to Washington to see the inauguration.
9The ceremony was moved inside because of cold weather.
10Following the death of President Zachary Taylor, Vice President Millard Fillmore took the presidential oath of office in a special Joint Session in the Hall of the House.