Look back at US presidential inaugurations
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Chief Justice John Marshall administers the oath of office to Andrew Jackson on March 4, 1829 Washington, D.C. Jackson is the first president to be inaugurated on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, facing the Library of Congress and Supreme Court.