My Fellow Citizens The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
1789–2009
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My Fellow Citizens The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
1789–2009
My Fellow Citizens The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
1789–2009
with an introduction by
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. a n d c o m m e n ta r y b y
Fred L. Israel
My Fellow Citizens: The Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States 1789–2009 Originally published by Crown Publishers, Inc. © 1965 Copyright © 2010, 2007 Infobase Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For more information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data My fellow citizens : the inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States, 1789–2009 / with an introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and commentary by Fred L. Israel. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-8160-8253-7 1. Presidents—United States—Inaugural addresses J81.4.M94 2010 352.23’860973—dc22 2009032184
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Table of Contents Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
vii
George Washington First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
1 5
John Adams
7
Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
14 19
James Madison First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
26 30
James Monroe First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
35 43
John Quincy Adams
55
Andrew Jackson First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
64 68
Martin Van Buren
73
William Henry Harrison
83
James K. Polk
102
Zachary Taylor
115
Franklin Pierce
119
James Buchanan
129
Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
138 148
Ulysses S. Grant First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
151 156
Rutherford B. Hayes
161
James A. Garfield
169
Grover Cleveland (First Inaugural)
177
vi
contents
Benjamin Harrison
183
Grover Cleveland (Second Inaugural)
195
William McKinley First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
202 213
Theodore Roosevelt
220
William Howard Taft
224
Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
238 244
Warren G. Harding
249
Calvin Coolidge
259
Herbert Hoover
270
Franklin Delano Roosevelt First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address Third Inaugural Address Fourth Inaugural Address
281 287 293 297
Harry S. Truman
300
Dwight D. Eisenhower First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
309 317
John F. Kennedy
324
Lyndon Baines Johnson
330
Richard Milhous Nixon First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
337 345
Jimmy Carter
354
Ronald Reagan First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
361 370
George H. W. Bush
380
William Jefferson Clinton First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
388 395
George W. Bush First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address
405 410
Barack Obama
419
Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States —Oath as prescribed in the cOnstitutiOn, article ii, sectiOn 1
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