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31James Buchanan: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1857 I appear before you this day to take the solemn oath that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and… …
32Herbert Hoover: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1929 This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. It is a dedication and consecration under God to the highest office in service… …
33Zachary Taylor: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 5, 1849 Elected by the American people to the highest office known to our laws, I appear here to take the oath prescribed by the Constitution, and, in compliance with a time honored custom, to address… …
34Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address — Friends and Fellow Citizens: CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the… …
35Grover Cleveland: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Wednesday, March 4, 1885 In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people. In the… …
36Dwight D. Eisenhower: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, January 20, 1953 My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own. And I ask… …
37James A. Garfield: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Friday, March 4, 1881 We stand to day upon an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life a century crowded with perils, but crowned with the triumphs of liberty and law. Before continuing the onward… …
38Ulysses S. Grant: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1869 Your suffrages having elected me to the office of President of the United States, I have, in conformity to the Constitution of our country, taken the oath of office prescribed therein. I have… …
39Ulysses S. Grant: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1873 Under Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great nation. It has been my endeavor in the past to maintain all the laws, and, so far as lay in my power, to act …
40Rutherford B. Hayes: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 5, 1877 We have assembled to repeat the public ceremonial, begun by Washington, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time honored custom, which marks the commencement of a new term of the… …
