Committee of the U.S. Congress formed every four years to manage presidential inaugurations
A Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is a special joint committee of the United States Congress formed every four years to manage presidential inaugurations. Such committee has been formed every four years since the 1901 inauguration of William McKinley.[1]
The members are sitting U.S. senators and representatives. Typically, the House members include the speaker of the House as well as the House majority and minority leaders. The Senate members are drawn from the leadership of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (previously known by other names). A senator acts as chair, and is therefore drawn from the majority party of the Senate. Membership in the committee gives its members the opportunity to control tickets to the inauguration ceremonies as well as other electoral-related ceremonies.
1901 committee
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Senate members | - Mark Hanna, Ohio, Chair
- John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin
| - James Kimbrough Jones, Arkansas
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- John Dalzell, Pennsylvania
| - Thomas Chipman McRae, Arkansas
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Senate members | - John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin, Chair
- Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island
| - Augustus Octavius Bacon, Georgia
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See also
References
- ^ "Inaugural Committees". United States Senate. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
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