Collection Feature: Presidential Inauguration
To mark this week’s United States presidential inauguration, we feature some inaugural items in Spencer Library’s collections.
Below are two tickets for the inauguration of Benjamin Harrison, who was sworn in as the 22nd U.S. President on March 4, 1889. The tickets are from the collection of John J. Ingalls, who represented Kansas in the United States Senate for 18 years (1873-1891), and served as President pro tempore of the Senate during three congressional sessions.
Inauguration tickets from the John J. Ingalls Collection.
Call number RH MS 43, Box 1 Folder 20.
Ingalls was also invited to a joint session of Congress to commemorate the centennial of George Washington’s inauguration, on December 11, 1889. President Harrison was also in attendance for this event.
Ticket for the commemoration celebration of Washington’s inauguration.
John J. Ingalls Collection. Call number RH MS 43, Box 1 Folder 20.
Whitney Baker
Head, Conservation Services
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