We cannot tell a lie:  this president made the shortest inaugural speech, only 90 seconds
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Second inaugural address 1793 < George Washington < Presidents ...  Second inaugural address 1793 - Monday, March 4, 1793 ... small gathering of Philadelphians, the President offered the shortest inaugural address ever given.
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POTUS | MowryJournal.com  In this election, they would have had to have 131 votes to win the Presidency ... John Quincy Adams thus joined his father as the only one-term Presidents in the .... And as we saw in the ruins of two towers, no distance on the map will protect .... His first inauguration address was 90 seconds long and consisted of 183 words.
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James A. Garfield - Wikipedia  James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831  September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year. Garfield had served nine terms in the House of Representatives, and had ... He is the only sitting House member to be elected president. Garfield...
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Inaugural Adresses: The Longest, Shortest, Dumbest, and Most ...  Jan 20, 2009 ... Shortest Inaugural Address: George Washington's second, in 1793. ... the sitting president, Adams, and his vice president, Jefferson, had left deep wounds. ... of the Great Depression, proclaimed, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ... Subscribe to the comments on this post; Print for later; Tell a friend.
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George Washington: Second Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural ...  President Washington's second oath of office was taken in the Senate ... of Philadelphians, the President offered the shortest inaugural address ever given. ... Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires...
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First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia  The first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32nd President of the United States was ... Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. ... After the inaugural address, a woman by the name Sarah Love said "Any man who can talk like ... He continued on for what became his First Hundred Days of the New Deal.
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Fireside chats - Wikipedia  As President, Roosevelt began making the informal addresses on March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration. He had spent his first week coping with a...
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US Presidential Inaugurations - Classroomhelp.com  Feb 22, 2016 ... First President to take the oath of office and deliver the Inaugural address ... Quincy Adams did not attend his successor's Inaugural Ceremony. ... Justice John Marshall administered the oath office; he presided over .... Grover Cleveland is the only President to have served two non-consecutive terms, first in...
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First inauguration of Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia  The first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third President of the United States was held on March 4, 1801. ... It was a mild day in Washington, D.C., the first time an inauguration had been held ... in a first for a newspaper, Jefferson gave a copy of his speech to the National ... Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address...
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Presidential Inauguration - Social Studies for Kids  American Presidents officially take office on January 20 of the year after they are elected. ... Office, repeating the words enshrined in the Constitution and spoken on that day by ... The longest inaugural address, at 8445 words was delivered by William ... The Vice-president-elect also takes his or her oath of office, in the same...
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Presidential Fun Facts - Little Known Facts  THE TALLEST president was Lincoln at 6'4"; at 5'4", Madison was the shortest. ... in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, ... First president to take his oath in Washington, D.C. Jefferson and Adams ... He was the only president to serve in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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Inauguration Facts - Infoplease  Warren G. Harding was the first president to ride to and from his inaugural in an ... Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a notary public, when he assumed the ... The first ceremony broadcast on the Internet was Bill Clinton's second inauguration. (1997) ... All but six presidents took the presidential oath in Washington, D.C.The...
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Richard Nixon Highlights: 6 Quotes From Inaugural Address Speech  Mar 22, 2015 ... Before the Watergate scandal that severely damaged his legacy, President ... Image: Richard Nixon Inaugural Address Highlights: 6 Quotes From Speech. Richard Nixon being inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States, 1969. ... "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Inaugural Address - The American ...  Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the .... Citation: Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Inaugural Address," March 4, 1933.
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Who said that? A quick history of the presidential oath  Jul 12, 2011 ... You'd think that with its mere 36 words, the official presidential oath of office ... account is this one in Washington Irving's George Washington, A Biography: ... of a president saying So help me God was not of Washington's, but of .... Herbert Hoover, in 1929, did not add those four words, and there is little...
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The Surprising Point of the First Televised White House Speech | TIME  Oct 5, 2015 ... Ricky Gervais Tells Jimmy Fallon Which of the Seven Dwarves He'd Be ... The Surprising Point of the First Televised White House Speech ... President Truman's message: eat less meat ... On Oct. 5, 1947, with Europe on the brink of famine following World War II, Truman delivered the first presidential...
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Jeopary Questions page 1775 - THE NICKNAME GAME ...  U.S. PRESIDENTS: At 8,445 words, his inaugural address was the longest -- that's a little more than 263 words per day in office  STARTS WITH "GU": A deep...
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United States presidential inauguration - Wikipedia  The inauguration of the president of the United States is a ceremonial event marking the .... Washington gave his first address on April 30, 1789, and his second one on March 4, ... former presidents, living Medal of Honor recipients, and other dignitaries. ... Around or after 12 noon, the president takes the oath of office, usually...
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George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address - Wikipedia  George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Address was delivered January 14, 1963, following his election as Governor of Alabama. Wallace at this time in his career...
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President Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address  On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg,...