Inauguration Speeches of Presidents Past

Every four years a new president is elected in to office, November, 2008, set several historical events with this presidential election. The most obvious is president-elect Barack Oboma. He, like every president that has proceeded him, has to give the inauguration speech for his elected term of office. There are 43 inaugural speeches prior to Barack Obama's speech that will be heard on January 20.

John F. Kennedy's Inauguration Speech of 1961

Being one of the most loved presidents ever elected to office.

President Reagan's Inauguration Speech of 1981

Ronald Reagan was another president that many of the United States citizens loved.

Theodore Roosevelt's Inauguration Speech of 1905

This is the actual inauguration speech Theodore Roosevelt gave when he was elected into the office of President. This time he was elected in, rather than moved into the presidential role due to the death of McKinley for whom he served as vice-president.

While I only chose three presidential inauguration speeches to list above, you can find more inaugural speeches at bartleby.com. Every inaugural speech ever given from George Washington to George W. Bush is listed with this site.

Presidents Who Didn't Give Inauguration Speeches

However, there are five president's who never gave an inaugural speech. These five presidents didn't give inauguration speeches due to taking over the Presidency of the United States due to the death of the presidents they were vice-presidents to or for the president being impeached from office.

John Tyler became the President of the United States when Henry Harrison's death one month after being elected. John Tyler took over the office of Presidency on April 6, 1841.

Millard Fillmore took over the Presidency of the United States on July 10, 1850. He took the office President after Zachary Taylor passed away the day before.

Andrew Johnson became President of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He took the oath of office on April 15, 1865.

Chester A. Arthur became the president, September 20, 1881, after the death of President Garfield.

Gerald R. Ford, after replacing Richard M. Nixon as vice president, became the President of the United States on August 9, 1974, after President Nixon was unanimously impeached from office.