Dates 20 Jan 1985 – 21 Jan 1985 | ||
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Location Washington, D.C.
Grand Foyer of the White House (private)
United States Capitol (public) Participants President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan
Assuming office
Chief Justice of the United States,
Warren Earl Burger
Administering oath
Vice President of the United States,
George Herbert Walker Bush
Assuming office
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,
Potter Stewart
Administering oath Other Instances Donald Trump 2017 pre, Barack Obama 2013 pre, Barack Obama 2009 pre, George W Bush 2005 presidenti, George W Bush 2001 presidenti | ||
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan as President of the United States was held privately on Sunday, January 20, 1985 in the Grand Foyer of the White House, and publicly the following day, January 21, 1985 at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Ronald Reagan as President and of George H. W. Bush as Vice President.
As the weather outside was harsh, with daytime temperatures of 7 °F (−14 °C) and wind chills of −25 °F (−32 °C), the event organizers were forced to move the public inaugural ceremony, which had been planned for the West Front of the Capitol, inside to the Capitol Rotunda. There, as they had the day before officially, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administered the presidential oath of office to Reagan, and Associate Justice Potter Stewart administered the vice presidential oath to Bush. Jessye Norman sang Simple Gifts from Aaron Copland's Old American Songs at the ceremony.