Wiseacre
Retired USAF Chief
Don't know Wise; I remember the first; WAS LBJ the only President sworn in secrecy?
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No, in 1876, Rutheford B. Hayes won a very hotly disputed race in our history, in fact the ourtcome was decided by one electoral vote only a couple days before the inauguration was to take place. Repubs feared the angry Dems (you know how they are) would do something about it; President Grant even ordered federal troops into DC to keep the peace.
Anyway, Grant's term was to expire on Sunday, March 4, 1877. In honor of the sabbath, the swearing in ceremony was to take place on the following day, but to forestall any embarassment or trouble they decided to do it a tad earlier.
Just before a gala dinner on Saturday night [March 3], Grant and Hayes went to the Red Room in the WH, and there in front of a few cabinet members the oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice. And they all went to dinner shortly thereafter.
Hayes was publicly inaugurated again on Monday as scheduled, for show.