| Event Name: | Second presidential inauguration of George Washington |
| Participants: | George Washington 1st president of the United States — Assuming office William Cushing Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States — Administering oath John Adams 1st vice president of the United States — Assuming office John Langdon President pro tempore of the United States Senate — Administering oath |
The second inauguration of George Washington as president of the United States was held in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday, March 4, 1793. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of George Washington as president and of John Adams as vice president. The presidential oath of office was administered to George Washington by Associate Justice William Cushing. This was the first inauguration to take place in Philadelphia (then the nation's capital), and took place exactly four years after the new federal government began operations under the U.S. Constitution.
George Washington's second inaugural address remains the shortest ever delivered, at just 135 words.[1]