the president's inaugural address
1Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy — U.S. President John F. Kennedy made his only inaugural address at 12:51 (ET) Friday, January 20, 1961, [cite web |url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/white%20house%20diary/1961/January/20 |title=White House Diaries |accessdate=2008 01 08 |author= |date …
2inaugural address — noun an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) • Syn: ↑inaugural • Regions: ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑ …
3Lincoln's first inaugural address — On Monday, March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was formally sworn in as the sixteenth President of the United States. As seven states had seceded from the United States by this time and formed the Confederate States of America (the new flag of the CSA …
4Lincoln's second inaugural address — Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, at the start of his second term as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery was… …
5Abraham 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… …
6William Howard Taft: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1909 Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter,… …
7William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1841 Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow citizens,… …
8William 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 …
9Rutherford 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… …
10James K. Polk: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Tuesday, March 4, 1845 Without solicitation on my part, I have been chosen by the free and voluntary suffrages of my countrymen to the most honorable and most responsible office on earth. I am deeply impressed with… …
