PHOTOS: The inauguration of President Jimmy Carter
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter makes his inaugural speech after being sworn in on January 20, 1977 on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
President-elect Jimmy Carter talks with President Gerald Ford in the Blue Room of the White House before heading to Capitol Hill for Carter's inauguration January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
Sharing the presidential limousine ride to Capitol Hill for the inauguration are President Ford, President-elect Carter on January 20, 1977 in Washington, DC. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/ Getty Images)
President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford pose with President-elect Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter, prior to departing the White House for inauguration (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
First Lady Betty Ford poses with Rosalynn Carter in the Blue Room prior to departing the White House for the Capitol and the inauguration of Jimmy Carter as 39th President (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
At 12:01 p.m. Jimmy Carter waves to the gathered crowd after being sworn as the 39th president of the United States January 20, 1977 (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/ Getty Images)
Former US President Gerald R. Ford (R) congratulates President Jimmy Carter shortly after Carter was sworn in as the Nation's 39th president January 20, 1977 in Washington, DC. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
Betty Ford, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter attend Jimmy Carter Inaguration on January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter and Rosalynn Carter (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn Carter attend Jimmy Carter Inauguration Parade on January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy Carter attend Jimmy Carter Inauguration Parade on January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 19: President Jimmy Carter with his wife, Rosalynn and daughter, Amy at his Inauguration Parade, January 19, 1977. Image was shot off a television screen. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
Jimmy Carter Inauguration Ceremony on January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy Carter attend Jimmy Carter Inauguration Parade on January 20, 1977 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Shirley Temple Black during Inaugeral Gala for President Jimmy Carter at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
Actor Red Foxx and wife Yu Chi Chung attend CBS TV Taping of Jimmy Carter Inaugural Gala on January 19, 1977 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Photo by Tom Wargacki/WireImage)
Musician Loretta Lynn rehearsing for inaugural eve program for newly elected US President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale at the Kennedy Center. (Photo by Sahm Doherty/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
