Video: 'President Ulysses S. Grant 1st Inaugural Address - Hear and Read the Full Text'

(Thursday, March 4, 1869, 12:15 p.m. local time) — Ulysses S. Grant, 46, was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States today at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administering the oath of office.