Second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge

{{short description|35th United States presidential inauguration}}

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|Event_Name = Second presidential inauguration of Calvin Coolidge

| image = Calvin Coolidge making speech at his inauguration LCCN94507445.jpg

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|Image_Caption = Coolidge speaking at his second inauguration

| organizers = Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

| participants = Calvin Coolidge
30th president of the United States
— Assuming office

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William Howard Taft
Chief Justice of the United States
— Administering oath

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Charles G. Dawes
30th vice president of the United States
— Assuming office

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Albert B. Cummins
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
— Administering oath

| Location = United States Capitol,
Washington, D.C.

|Date = {{Start date and age|1925|03|04}}

| notes = {{Succession links|left=1923 (extraordinary)|right=1929}}

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The second inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as president of the United States, was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1925, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 35th presidential inauguration and marked the commencement of the second and only full term of Calvin Coolidge as president and the only term of Charles G. Dawes as vice president. Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who had served as president from 1909 to 1913, administered the oath of office. This was the first inauguration on which a former U.S. president administered the Oath and the first to be broadcast nationally on radio.{{cite web|url=https://www.inaugural.senate.gov/35th-inaugural-ceremonies/|title=The 35th Presidential Inauguration: Calvin Coolidge, March 04, 1925|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=April 5, 2020}}

The vice-presidential oath of office was administered by the president pro tempore of the United States Senate, Albert B. Cummins. At the time, vice presidents were sworn into office in the Senate Chamber of the capitol, and would give an inaugural address before everyone headed on to the outside platform where the president would take the oath. Dawes made a fiery, half-hour address denouncing the rules of the Senate, the seniority system and many other Senate customs.Hatfield, M. O. (1997). Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993. Senate Historical Office. Washington: United States Government Printing Office Coolidge's address was barely mentioned in the news reports the next day.

In administering the oath, Taft incorrectly recited the phrase "preserve, protect and defend" as "protect, preserve and defend".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HM074DqTEg |title=President Calvin Coolidge is sworn in (March 4, 1925) [with Audio] |date=2025-01-17 |last=⨂ stupstickman |access-date=2025-01-26 |via=YouTube}}