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| Executive Oath of Office: “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."
It is traditional for the President to give a speech after he is sworn in on Inauguration Day. This is called an Inaugural Address. A Vice-President who becomes President upon the death or resignation of the President does not give an Inaugural Address. Hence, several American Presidents (such as John Tyler and Gerald Ford) are not on this list. Policy goals of the new President are often presented in the Inaugural Address. References to recent events are also noted. Both George W. Bush and Rutherford B. Hayes made references to the disputed elections that brought both to power during an Inaugural Address. Full-text of Inaugural Addresses: John Adams 1797 John Quincy Adams 1825 Martin Van Buren 1837 William Henry Harrison 1841 James Polk 1845 Zachary Taylor 1849 Franklin Pierce 1853 James Buchanan 1857 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 James A. Garfield 1881 Benjamin Harrison 1889 Theodore Roosevelt 1905 William Howard Taft 1909 Warren G. Harding 1921 Calvin Coolidge 1925 Herbert Hoover 1929 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933, 1937, 1941, 1945 Harry S. Truman 1949 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953, 1957 John F. Kennedy 1961 Lyndon Baines Johnson 1965 Richard Milhous Nixon 1969, 1973 Jimmy Carter 1977 George Bush 1989 |
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