Kamala Harris marked the end of her vice presidency as she signed her name onto a historical ceremonial desk with cheering staff.

The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

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In some ways, running for governor of her home state of California seems like an obvious next act for Vice President Kamala Harris ... (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Richard Nixon, after all, came home ...

Twenty years earlier, after a much closer race, Republican Richard Nixon clasped John ... It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

Marking the end of her vice presidency, Harris assured her current and former ... Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Harry Truman. According to the White House, the desk was used by all ...