Event Name: | Second presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland |
Participants: | Grover Cleveland 24th president of the United States — Assuming office Melville Fuller Chief Justice of the United States — Administering oath Adlai Stevenson I 23rd vice president of the United States — Assuming office Levi P. Morton 22nd vice president of the United States — Administering oath |
The inauguration of Grover Cleveland as the 24th president of the United States[1] took place on Saturday, March 4, 1893,[2] at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 27th inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and final four-year term of Grover Cleveland as president and the only term of Adlai Stevenson I as vice president. Cleveland had previously been the 22nd president, and was the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Chief Justice Melville Fuller administered the presidential oath of office. It snowed during the inauguration. This will be the only inauguration in which a former president was re-inaugurated after a non-consecutive term until the swearing-in of Donald Trump in 2025, following his win in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Text of Cleveland's Second Inaugural Address