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  Home > Art & History Home > "I Do Solemnly Swear": A Half Century of Inaugural Images > 1857 Inauguration James Buchanan 
 
 
1857 James Buchanan

Work had already begun on the Capitol’s new cast-iron dome when James Buchanan took his oath of office on the East Portico.  The construction scaffolding can be seen in the upper right of this engraving.
 
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Inauguration of Mr. Buchanan, as President of the United States, at Washington.
Inauguration of Mr. Buchanan, as President of the United States, at Washington.
Inauguration of Mr. Buchanan, as President of the United States, at Washington.
Inauguration of Mr. Buchanan, as President of the United States, at Washington.
 
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