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Washington – 21 October 1960
1. STILL of Vice President Richard Nixon debating Sen. John F. Kennedy
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Washington – 20 January 1961
2. STILL of former Vice President Richard Nixon shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy at inauguration
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Washington – 20 January 1981
3. STILL of outgoing President Jimmy Carter waves to crowd at President Ronald Reagan’s inauguration
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Washington – 20 January 2021
4. STILL of US Capitol as seen through flags on inauguration day
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East Lansing, Michigan – 3 November 2024
5. STILL of Vice President Kamala Harris at event
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Oxon Hill, Maryland – 24 February 2024
6. STILL of Donald Trump fist pumping at event
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Washington – 9 August 1892
7. STILL side by side photos of President Grover Cleveland and President Benjamin Harrison
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Washington – 4 March 1989
8. STILL of drawing depicting the inauguration of Benjamin Harrison
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Washington – 21 January 1993
9. STILL of President Bill Clinton gesturing toward former President George H.W. Bush
10. STILL of Clinton and Bush seated awaiting inaugural ceremony
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Washington – 20 January 2001
11. STILL of Vice President Al Gore at inauguration of President George W. Bush
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Washington – 20 January 2017
12. STILL of Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton walking into Trump inauguration
13. STILL of Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump shake hands at inaugural luncheon
14. STILL of Hillary Clinton waving at Trump inauguration
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Washington – 5 May 2020
15. STILL of President Donald Trump walking on south lawn of White House
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Washington – 20 January 2021
16. STILL of President Joe Biden at inauguration
STORYLINE:
After a bitter presidential election in 1960, then-Vice-President Richard Nixon clasped John F. Kennedy’s hand and offered his opponent words of encouragement after Kennedy took the presidential oath.
Twenty years later, Jimmy Carter nodded politely as he watched Ronald Reagan – the man who also defeated him for the presidency – take the same oath.
The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inaugural stage with the person who beat them for the nation’s highest office.
And it’s a tradition that Vice President Kamala Harris will continue on January 20TH when she stands on that stage and watches Donald Trump become president again.
The first presidents who started this tradition were Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.
Cleveland lost reelection to Benjamin Harrison in 1888…but he witnessed Harrison take the oath of office – even holding Harrison’s umbrella on that rainy inauguration day.
Other notable moments from recent history include George H.W. Bush joining Bill Clinton, the man who defeated him, on the traditional walk out onto the east inaugural steps in 1993.
Al Gore also witnessed George W. Bush take the oath after 36 days of legal battles over Florida’s ballots.
And Democrat Hillary Clinton stood on stage with Donald Trump as he first took the oath in 2017.
Clinton – like Gore – received more votes but failed to win an Electoral College majority.
She said she attended Trump’s inauguration out of a sense of duty.
The only losing candidate in recent memory not to attend his successor’s inauguration is Donald Trump four years ago after he was defeated by Joe Biden in 2020.
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