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Zachary Taylor

Presidency

What was unusual about the date of Taylor’s inauguration?

Taylor refused to take the oath of office on Sunday March 4, 1849, because of his religious faith. Because Taylor refused, the Senate’s president pro tempore, David Rice Acheson, technically served as the unofficial president for that one day.

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