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Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on Saturday, March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States.At a time when victory over secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery in all of the U.S. was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness.
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. In 1793, Washington gave the shortest inaugural address on record, just 135 words. [16] Most presidents use their inaugural address to present their vision of ...
The president of the United States traditionally gives a speech upon being inaugurated, usually immediately after taking the oath of office. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Trump said he would "likely" give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban. The president-elect previewed the executive actions he plans to take on Day 1 -- telling me to expect a large focus on ...
As he was leaving the dais in the aftermath of President Trump’s first inaugural address in 2017, President George W. Bush was purportedly overheard by three different people to have said ...
Donald Trump has reportedly said the three main themes of his inaugural speech on Monday will be “unity, strength and fairness.”. The president-elect, who will be sworn in for his second term ...
Trump, who was fixated on crowd sizes at his first inauguration in 2017, will no longer deliver his inaugural address in view of a full National Mall, where thousands of people usually line up.
Historian Eric Foner has labeled the inauguration "a disaster for Johnson" and his speech "an unfortunate prelude to Lincoln's memorable second inaugural address." At the time Johnson was ridiculed in the press as a "drunken clown," [ 7 ] and Johnson's performance is remembered as a mortifying fiasco. [ 6 ]