Second inauguration of Daniel Webster

The second inauguration of Daniel Webster as the eight president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1841. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Daniel Webster as president and the second four-year term of Henry Clay as vice president. Webster was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Henry Baldwin. Clay died 99 days into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it. Clay was the second vice president to die in office.