Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow-citizens, to take the oaths which the Constitution prescribes as a necessary qualification for the performance of its duties; and in obedienceContinue reading “President William Henry Harrison’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1841*”
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President Martin Van Buren’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837*
Fellow-Citizens: The practice of all my predecessors imposes on me an obligation I cheerfully fulfill–to accompany the first and solemn act of my public trust with an avowal of the principles that will guide me in performing it and an expression of my feelings on assuming a charge so responsible and vast. In imitating theirContinue reading “President Martin Van Buren’s Inaugural Address, March 4, 1837*”
President Andrew Jackson’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1833*
Fellow-Citizens: The will of the American people, expressed through their unsolicited suffrages, calls me before you to pass through the solemnities preparatory to taking upon myself the duties of President of the United States for another term. For their approbation of my public conduct through a period which has not been without its difficulties, andContinue reading “President Andrew Jackson’s Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1833*”
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