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WilliamHenryHarrison'sInauguralAddress
4March1841.
CalledfromaretirementwhichIhadsupposedwastocontinuefortheresidueofmylifetofillthechiefexecutiveofficeofthisgreatandfreenation,Iappearbeforeyou,fellow-citizens,totaketheoathswhichtheConstitutionprescribesasanecessaryqualificationfortheperformanceofitsduties;andinobediencetoacustomcoevalwithourGovernmentandwha...[
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JamesK.Polk'sInauguralAddress
5March1845.
Fellow-Citizens:
Withoutsolicitationonmypart,Ihavebeenchosenbythefreeandvoluntarysuffragesofmycountrymentothemosthonorableandmostresponsibleofficeonearth.Iamdeeplyimpressedwithgratitudefortheconfidencereposedinme.Honoredwiththisdistinguishedconsiderationatanearlierperiodoflifethananyofmypredecessors,Icannotdisgui...[
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ZacharyTaylor'sInauguralAddress
March51849.
ElectedbytheAmericanpeopletothehighestofficeknowntoourlaws,IappearheretotaketheoathprescribedbytheConstitution,and,incompliancewithatime-honoredcustom,toaddressthosewhoarenowassembled.
TheconfidenceandrespectshownbymycountrymenincallingmetobetheChiefMagistrateofaRepublicholdingahighrankamongthenationsoftheearthhaveinspiredmewithfeelingsofth...[
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FranklinPierce'sInauguralAddress
March4,1853
MyCountrymen:
ItisarelieftofeelthatnoheartbutmyowncanknowthepersonalregretandbittersorrowoverwhichIhavebeenbornetoapositionsosuitableforothersratherthandesirableformyself.
ThecircumstancesunderwhichIhavebeencalledforalimitedperiodtopresideoverthedestiniesoftheRepublicfillmewithaprofoundsenseofresponsibility,butwithnothinglikeshrinkinga...[
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JamesBuchanan'sInauguralAddress
March4,1857
Fellow-Citizens:
Iappearbeforeyouthisdaytotakethesolemnoath"thatIwillfaithfullyexecutetheofficeofPresidentoftheUnitedStatesandwilltothebestofmyabilitypreserve,protect,anddefendtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates."
InenteringuponthisgreatofficeImusthumblyinvoketheGodofourfathersforwisdomandfirmnesstoexecuteitshighandresponsibledut...[
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AbrahamLincoln'sFirstInauguralAddress
March4,1861
Fellow-citizensoftheUnitedStates:
Incompliancewithacustomasoldasthegovernmentitself,Iappearbeforeyoutoaddressyoubriefly,andtotake,inyourpresence,theoathprescribedbytheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates,tobetakenbythePresident"beforeheentersontheexecutionofthisoffice."
Idonotconsideritnecessaryatp...[
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AbrahamLincoln'sSecondInauguralAddress
March4,1865
Fellow-Countrymen:
Atthissecondappearingtotaketheoathofthepresidentialoffice,thereislessoccasionforanextendedaddressthantherewasatthefirst.Thenastatement,somewhatindetail,ofacoursetobepursued,seemedfittingandproper.Now,attheexpirationoffouryears,duringwhichpublicdeclarationshavebeenconstantlycalledforthoneverypointandphaseoftheg...[
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UlyssesS.Grant'sFirstInauguralAddress
March4,1869
CitizensoftheUnitedStates:
YoursuffrageshavingelectedmetotheofficeofPresidentoftheUnitedStates,Ihave,inconformitytotheConstitutionofourcountry,takentheoathofofficeprescribedtherein.Ihavetakenthisoathwithoutmentalreservationandwiththedeterminationtodotothebestofmyabilityallthatisrequiredofme.Theresponsibil...[
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UlyssesS.Grant'sSecondInauguralAddress
March4,1873
Fellow-Citizens:
UnderProvidenceIhavebeencalledasecondtimetoactasExecutiveoverthisgreatnation.Ithasbeenmyendeavorinthepasttomaintainallthelaws,and,sofaraslayinmypower,toactforthebestinterestsofthewholepeople.Mybesteffortswillbegiveninthesamedirectioninthefuture,aided,Itrust,bymyfouryears'experienceintheoffice.
Whenmyfirsttermofth...[
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RutherfordB.Hayes'sInauguralAddress
March5,1877
Fellow-Citizens:
Wehaveassembledtorepeatthepublicceremonial,begunbyWashington,observedbyallmypredecessors,andnowatime-honoredcustom,whichmarksthecommencementofanewtermofthePresidentialoffice.Calledtothedutiesofthisgreattrust,Iproceed,incompliancewithusage,toannouncesomeoftheleadingprinciples,onthesubjectsthatnowchieflyengagethepublicatt...[
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