Associated Morning Prayer Service
Presidents since 1933 have often worshipped privately before the actual ceremony.
- 1933 - Franklin Roosevelt attend a service at St. John's Episcopal Church in the morning (Saturday) before being sworn in.
- 1937 - Franklin Roosevelt attended a service at St. John's Episcopal Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in.
- 1941 - Franklin Roosevelt attended a service at St. John's Episcopal Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in.
- 1945 - Franklin Roosevelt had a private service in the White House.
- 1949 - Harry Truman attended a service at St. John's Episcopal Church in the morning (Thursday) before being sworn in.
- 1953 - Dwight Eisenhower attended a service at National Presbyterian Church in the morning (Tuesday) before being sworn in.
- 1957 - Dwight Eisenhower attended a service at National Presbyterian Church (Sunday) before being sworn in privately. He was publicly sworn in the next day.
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy attended the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at Holy Trinity Church.
- 1965 - Lyndon Johnson attended a private service at National City Christian Church in the morning (Wednesday) before being sworn in. Billy Graham gave a sermon.
- 1969 - Richard Nixon had a prayer breakfast in the State Department
- 1973 - Richard Nixon had no prayer service. He did attend church the next day, a Sunday. There was also a White House Prayer Service with Billy Graham (sermon), Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, and Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin as speakers.
- 1977 - James Earl Carter attended a private service at First Baptist Church
- 1981 - Ronald Reagan attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church. Speakers included Billy Graham.
- 1985 - Ronald Reagan attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday, January 20.
- 1989 - George H. W. Bush attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church.
- 1993 - William Clinton attended a private service at Metropolitan AME Church
- 1997 - William Clinton attended a private service at Metropolitan AME Church
- 2001 on January 20 George W. Bush attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church
- 2009 - Barack Obama attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church
- 2013 - Barack Obama attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church on the morning of Monday, January 21, immediately before his public inaugural ceremony. (He had privately been sworn in the previous day.)
Read more about this topic: Prayers At United States Presidential Inaugurations
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