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In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugural address by the new official.
William McKinley requested the change in 1897, so that he could reiterate the words of the oath at the close of his first inaugural address. [citation needed] William Henry Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address, at 8,445 words, in 1841. John Adams' 1797 address, which totaled 2,308 words, contained the longest sentence, at 737 words ...
While much of the Northern press largely praised Lincoln's inaugural address, the new Confederacy mainly responded with silence. The Charleston Mercury was an exception: it excoriated Lincoln's address as manifesting "insolence" and "brutality," and attacked the Union government as 'a mobocratic empire.' [ 4 ] The speech also did not impress ...
Parts of Trump's speech closely echoed his 2017 inaugural address — the one that dwelled on “American carnage.” To be fair, the new president offered a hopeful vision as well — embodied in ...
Ronald Reagan used his first inaugural address to attempt to revive America's confidence in the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and the individual; to advocate a revival of self-government by ...
President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the oath of office for a second time on Inauguration Day, becoming the first president to do so in nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland. The ...
The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Andrew Jackson as president and the second term of John C. Calhoun as vice president. Chief Justice John Marshall administered the presidential oath of office. Calhoun resigned 3 years, 299 days into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it.
See the full text transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.