inaugural
101John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party …
102Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1861 In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States… …
103James Madison: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, March 4, 1809 Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the… …
104James Madison: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1813 About to add the solemnity of an oath to the obligations imposed by a second call to the station in which my country heretofore placed me, I find in the presence of this respectable assembly an …
105William McKinley: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1897 In obedience to the will of the people, and in their presence, by the authority vested in me by this oath, I assume the arduous and responsible duties of President of the United States, relying …
106William McKinley: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1901 When we assembled here on the 4th of March, 1897, there was great anxiety with regard to our currency and credit. None exists now. Then our Treasury receipts were inadequate to meet the current… …
107James Monroe: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1817 I should be destitute of feeling if I was not deeply affected by the strong proof which my fellow citizens have given me of their confidence in calling me to the high office whose functions I am …
108James Monroe: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 5, 1821 I shall not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and very distinguished proof of the confidence of my fellow citizens, evinced by my reelection to this high trust, has excited… …
109Richard Milhous Nixon: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, January 20, 1969 Senator Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, my fellow Americans and my fellow citizens of the world community: I ask you to share… …
110Richard Milhous Nixon: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Saturday, January 20, 1973 Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Senator Cook, Mrs. Eisenhower, and my fellow citizens of this great and good country we share together: When we met here four years… …
