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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 ...
Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as next president, two hours after President John F. Kennedy's assassination. A newly elected or re-elected president of the United States begins his four-year term of office at noon on the twentieth day of January following the election, and, by tradition, takes the oath of office during an inauguration on that date; prior to 1937 the president's term of office ...
Marking his second Presidential term, FDR addresses the nation in an inaugural address at the Capitol. The Great Depression-era President won the 1936 election, defeating Republican candidate Alf ...
President William Henry Harrison delivered his inaugural address on a bitterly cold day in March 1841. He refused to wear a coat and traveled to and from the inauguration on open horseback.
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 ...
An entourage of family and friends left Springfield, Illinois, with Lincoln on February 11 to travel by train to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration.This group including his wife, three sons, and brother-in-law, as well as John G. Nicolay, John M. Hay, Ward Hill Lamon, David Davis, Norman B. Judd, Edwin Vose Sumner, [3] as well as his African-American valet and bodyguard, William Henry ...
US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers his inaugural address, on January 20, 1961 at United States Capitol Building, Washington DC, during inaugural ceremony, as First Lady Jacqueline ...