President Barack Obama gave this inaugural speech on January 20, 2009 after being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the...
Friends and Fellow-Citizens: CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow-citizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have...
John Adam’s Inaugural Address WHEN it was first perceived, in early times, that no middle course for America remained between unlimited submission to a foreign legislature and a total independence of its claims, men of reflection were less apprehensive of danger...
On April 6, 1789, a month after they were originally scheduled to, enough members of the First Federal Congress arrived in New York to tally the electoral ballots. George Washington unanimously garnered 69 electoral votes. Upon notification of his victory, Washington...
