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Inauguration Refusal

When
March 4, 1829
Where
Washington, D.C.
Part of
Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams in the 1828 US presidential election

Adams refused to attend Jackson's inauguration on March 4, 1829, embittered by his defeat.

Jackson was inaugurated as president on March 4, 1829. Adams, embittered by his defeat, refused to attend the ceremony. Adams had considered permanently retiring from public life after his 1828 loss, and the two men, once cordial, came to loathe each other in the decades after the election.

Sources

  1. Andrew Jackson Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
  2. John Quincy Adams Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27

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