United States Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies explained

A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage presidential inaugurations. Such committee has been formed every four years since the 1901 inauguration of William McKinley.^[1]

The members are sitting U.S. senators and representatives. Typically, the House members include the speaker of the House as well as the House majority and minority leaders. The Senate members are drawn from the leadership of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (previously known by other names). A senator acts as chair, and is therefore drawn from the majority party of the Senate. Membership in the committee gives its members the opportunity to control tickets to the inauguration ceremonies as well as other electoral-related ceremonies.

1901 committee

See also: Second inauguration of William McKinley.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mark Hanna, Ohio, Chair John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin	James Kimbrough Jones, Arkansas
House members	Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois John Dalzell, Pennsylvania	Thomas Chipman McRae, Arkansas

1905 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin, Chair Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia
House members	John Dalzell, Pennsylvania Edgar D. Crumpacker, Indiana	John Sharp Williams, Mississippi

1909 committee

See also: Inauguration of William Howard Taft.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia
House members	James F. Burke, Pennsylvania Olin Young, Michigan	John W. Gaines, Tennessee

1913 committee

See also: First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Winthrop M. Crane, Massachusetts, Chair	Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee	William B. McKinley, Illinois

1917 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina, Chair M. Hoke Smith, Georgia	Francis E. Warren, Wyoming
House members	William W. Rucker, Missouri Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee	William B. McKinley, Illinois

1921 committee

See also: Inauguration of Warren G. Harding.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Philander C. Knox, Pennsylvania, Chair Knute Nelson, Minnesota	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	Joseph Gurney Cannon, Illinois Frank Reavis, Nebraska	William W. Rucker, Missouri Charles Manly Stedman, North Carolina

1925 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Charles Curtis, Kansas, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	William Walton Griest, Pennsylvania Lindley H. Hadley, Washington	Arthur B. Rouse, Kentucky

1929 committee

See also: Inauguration of Herbert Hoover.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	George H. Moses, New Hampshire, Chair Frederick Hale, Maine	Lee Slater Overman, North Carolina
House members	Bertrand Snell, New York Leonidas C. Dyer, Missouri	Edward W. Pou, North Carolina

1933 committee

See also: First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas, Chair	George H. Moses, New Hampshire Frederick Hale, Maine
House members	Edward W. Pou, North Carolina Henry Rainey, Illinois	Bertrand Snell, New York

1937 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Joseph Taylor Robinson, Arkansas	Frederick Hale, Maine
House members	John O'Connor, New York Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Bertrand Snell, New York

1941 committee

See also: Third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Matthew M. Neely, West Virginia, Chair Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky	Charles L. McNary, Oregon
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts

1945 committee

See also: Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Harry F. Byrd, Virginia, Chair Kenneth McKellar, Tennessee	Arthur Vandenberg, Michigan
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas Robert L. Doughton, North Carolina	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts

1949 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky, Chair Carl Hayden, Arizona, Chair J. Howard McGrath, Rhode Island	Kenneth S. Wherry, Nebraska Charles W. Brooks, Illinois
House members	Harry R. Sheppard, California John W. McCormack, Massachusetts	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana Leslie C. Arends, Illinois

1953 committee

See also: First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Herman Welker, Idaho	Carl Hayden, Arizona Ernest McFarland, Arizona
House members	Leslie C. Arends, Illinois Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts

1957 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire, Chair	John Sparkman, Alabama Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island
House members	Joseph W. Martin Jr., Massachusetts	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts

1961 committee

See also: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Sparkman, Alabama, Chair Thomas C. Hennings Jr., Missouri Carl Hayden, Arizona	Styles Bridges, New Hampshire
House members	Sam Rayburn, Texas John W. McCormack, Massachusetts	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana

1965 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair John Sparkman, Alabama	Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts
House members	John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma	Charles A. Halleck, Indiana

1969 committee

See also: First inauguration of Richard Nixon.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Everett Dirksen, Illinois, Chair	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina Mike Mansfield, Montana
House members	Gerald Ford, Michigan	John W. McCormack, Massachusetts Carl Albert, Oklahoma

1973 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Richard Nixon.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	B. Everett Jordan, North Carolina, Chair Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Mike Mansfield, Montana	Marlow Cook, Kentucky
House members	Carl Albert, Oklahoma Hale Boggs, Louisiana Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts	Gerald Ford, Michigan

1977 committee

See also: Inauguration of Jimmy Carter.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Howard Cannon, Nevada, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia	Mark Hatfield, Oregon
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona

1981 committee

See also: First inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mark Hatfield, Oregon, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee	Robert Byrd, West Virginia Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	John Jacob Rhodes, Arizona Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1985 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Charles Mathias, Maryland, Chair Howard Baker, Tennessee Bob Dole, Kansas	Wendell Ford, Kentucky
House members	Tip O'Neill, Massachusetts Jim Wright, Texas	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1989 committee

See also: Inauguration of George H. W. Bush.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair Robert Byrd, West Virginia	Ted Stevens, Alaska
House members	Jim Wright, Texas Tom Foley, Washington	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1993 committee

See also: First inauguration of Bill Clinton.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Wendell Ford, Kentucky, Chair George J. Mitchell, Maine	Ted Stevens, Alaska
House members	Tom Foley, Washington Dick Gephardt, Missouri	Robert H. Michel, Illinois

1997 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Bill Clinton.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	John Warner, Virginia, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi	Wendell Ford, Kentucky
House members	Newt Gingrich, Georgia Dick Armey, Texas	Dick Gephardt, Missouri

2001 committee

See also: First inauguration of George W. Bush.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair Trent Lott, Mississippi	Chris Dodd, Connecticut
House members	Dennis Hastert, Illinois Dick Armey, Texas	Dick Gephardt, Missouri

2005 committee

See also: Second inauguration of George W. Bush.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Trent Lott, Mississippi, Chair Bill Frist, Tennessee	Chris Dodd, Connecticut
House members	Dennis Hastert, Illinois Tom DeLay, Texas	Nancy Pelosi, California

2009 committee

See also: First inauguration of Barack Obama.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada	Bob Bennett, Utah
House members	Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland	John Boehner, Ohio

2013 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Barack Obama.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair Harry Reid, Nevada	Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
House members	John Boehner, Ohio Eric Cantor, Virginia	Nancy Pelosi, California

2017 committee

See also: Inauguration of Donald Trump.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky	Chuck Schumer, New York
House members	Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Kevin McCarthy, California	Nancy Pelosi, California

2021 committee

See also: Inauguration of Joe Biden.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair Mitch McConnell, Kentucky	Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
House members	Nancy Pelosi, California Steny Hoyer, Maryland	Kevin McCarthy, California

2025 committee

See also: 2025 United States presidential inauguration.

	Majority	Minority
Senate members	Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, Chair Chuck Schumer, New York	Deb Fischer, Nebraska
House members	Mike Johnson, Louisiana Steve Scalise, Louisiana	Hakeem Jeffries, New York

See also

• Senate Rules Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inaugural Committees. United States Senate. April 10, 2020.