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.

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1905 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt.

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1909 committee

See also: Inauguration of William Howard Taft.

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1913 committee

See also: First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.

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1917 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.

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1921 committee

See also: Inauguration of Warren G. Harding.

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1925 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge.

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1929 committee

See also: Inauguration of Herbert Hoover.

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1933 committee

See also: First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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1937 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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1941 committee

See also: Third inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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1945 committee

See also: Fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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1949 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman.

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1953 committee

See also: First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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1957 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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1961 committee

See also: Inauguration of John F. Kennedy.

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1965 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson.

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1969 committee

See also: First inauguration of Richard Nixon.

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1973 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Richard Nixon.

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1977 committee

See also: Inauguration of Jimmy Carter.

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1981 committee

See also: First inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

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1985 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

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1989 committee

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

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  • Ted Stevens, Alaska
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1993 committee

See also: First inauguration of Bill Clinton.

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  • Ted Stevens, Alaska
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1997 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Bill Clinton.

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2001 committee

See also: First inauguration of George W. Bush.

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  • Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, Chair
  • Trent Lott, Mississippi
  • Chris Dodd, Connecticut
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2005 committee

See also: Second inauguration of George W. Bush.

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  • Chris Dodd, Connecticut
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2009 committee

See also: First inauguration of Barack Obama.

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  • Dianne Feinstein, California, Chair
  • Harry Reid, Nevada
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2013 committee

See also: Second inauguration of Barack Obama.

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  • Chuck Schumer, New York, Chair
  • Harry Reid, Nevada
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2017 committee

See also: Inauguration of Donald Trump.

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  • Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair
  • Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
  • Chuck Schumer, New York
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2021 committee

See also: Inauguration of Joe Biden.

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  • Roy Blunt, Missouri, Chair
  • Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
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2025 committee

See also: 2025 United States presidential inauguration.

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Notes and References

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