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Ronald Reagan moved the ceremony to the west side of the Capitol building so that he could face his home state of California during the inauguration.
President Obama's inaugural ceremony took place at the West Front of the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009, from the presidency of Andrew Jackson through that of Jimmy Carter, the primary Inauguration Day ceremony took place on the Capitol's East Portico. Since the 1981 inauguration of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the ceremony has been held at the Capitol's West Front.
Ronald Reagan gave his first inaugural address at the west front of the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, January 20, 1981.
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Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon and their wives were at the Reagan Library dedication ceremony.
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Until 1977, the President was sworn in on the east steps of the US Capitol building. However, in 1981 Ronald Reagan requested that the Oath of Office be administered on the west steps. The reason was that Reagan wanted to face west to deliver his inaugural address thereby symbolically addressing the entire nation. Since then the Oath of Office has been administered on the west steps of the Capitol. (Taking the oath is required by the US Constitution before the President can take his office. )
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW , Washington , DC 20040.
Ronald Reagan, January 21, 1985 Reagan's second inauguration, in 1985, remains the coldest on record. The temperature at noon was 7 degrees Fahrenheit. Organizers moved the ceremony indoors and canceled the parade as the wind chill fell to at least minus-10 degrees. Curiously, Reagan's first inauguration, in 1981, remains the warmest January swearing-in on record. It was 55 degrees Fahrenheit, with mostly cloudy skies.
1966. He won the election by a land slide. He won the popular vote (3,742,913), and the percentage (57.65). He won re-election in 1970. His served as the Governor from 1967-1975.
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