Presidential Papers, Doc#2 To Earl Warren, 22 January 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #2; January 22, 1957
To Earl Warren
Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957
Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower Doctrine

 

Dear Mr. Chief Justice--My special thanks for 'swearing me in,' twice in two days.1 Sincerely

1 United States Supreme Court Justice Warren (J.D. University of California 1914) had administered the oath of office to Eisenhower in a private White House ceremony on Sunday, January 20, and again in a public ceremony on January 21. To date, Eisenhower is the third U.S. President to have taken the private oath on Sunday; the two others were Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, and Woodrow Wilson in 1917. Relatives, close friends, and high-ranking officials were among the nearly eighty persons who attended the private ceremony (New York Times, Jan. 13, 21, 22, 1957).

At noon on Monday, January 21, thousands watched the President take the oath of office. In his thirteen and one-half-minute Inaugural Address Eisenhower pledged U.S. aid to impoverished nations and honored the aspirations of those countries under foreign domination. He went on to call upon Americans to build "peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails" (Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1957 [Washington, D.C., 1958], pp. 60 - 65). Following the ceremony, Eisenhower reviewed the inaugural parade and attended four inaugural balls (New York Times, Jan. 21, 22, 1957).

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Earl Warren, 22 January 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 2. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/second-term/documents/2.cfm

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