On this day in 1865, some five weeks before the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln began his second term after Salmon Chase, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, administered the oath ...

On this day in 1865, some five weeks before the Civil War drew to a close, Salmon Chase, chief justice of the Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to President Abraham Lincoln for his ...

The following is a transcript of President Lincoln's speech from the Capitol on March 4, 1865 on his second inauguration: "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office ...

This segment was rebroadcast on March 4, 2021. For that audio, click here. On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stood at the U.S. Capitol to deliver his second inaugural address.

On March 4, 1865, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase first administered the oath of office to the new Vice President, Andrew Johnson – a Democrat from Tennessee, who was chosen to demonstrate the new ...

Smithsonian Institution Archives On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural ball was celebrated at the U.S. Patent Office, now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the ...

Inauguration Day, March 4, 1865, was bleak and rainy in Washington, but the mood was celebratory: for the war seemed almost over, as Lincoln noted in his majestic address. But what has been ...