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Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address from a wooden platform constructed over the steps at the East Portico of the Capitol Building. (Modern inaugurations use the West front of the building). John Wilkes Booth, who would murder Lincoln six weeks later, was in the first few rows of the crowd, practically at Lincoln's feet. It was cold, and had been very rainy, so the grounds were muddy. It was March 4, 1865, which was at that time the day president's took the Oath of Office and were sworn in. For his first term Lincoln had been administered the oath by the emaciated, ancient Chief Justice, Roger B. Taney, becoming the 9th president Taney had sworn in during his long tenure. Taney, appointed by Andrew Jackson and most remembered today for the Dred Scott decision, was now dead, and replaced by Lincoln's appointee, former Treasury Secretary, and the closest thing to a rival for the nomination in 1864 that Lincoln had, the plump Salmon P. Chase. Lincoln and the Vice President had actually been sworn in inside the Capitol, in the Senate Chamber, just before going outside to repeat the ceremony before the crowd. Inside, Vice President Johnson had made a spectacle of himself, and seemed to be drunk. Lincoln gave whispered, but fierce instructions that on no account should Johnson be allowed to speak to the crowd outside. Lincoln's Inaugural Address on this occasion was much, much shorter than that which he had delivered in 1861, when he was trying to make his case and persuade the southern states to return peacefully to the Union.
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2nd inaugural address?
Abraham Lincoln's on march 4, 1865
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