With these words every U.S. President has taken office and, by this rite, become a living part of American history. Equally as monumental as taking the Executive Oath of Office, but as varied and unique as each President, is the inaugural address. Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States provides many memorable and inspiring passages, and their history is as interesting .as it is important. Washington's second inaugural address on March 4, 1793, required only 135 words and is the shortest ever given. The longest inaugural address on record-8,495, words-was delivered in a snowstorm on March 4, 1841, by William T Henry Harrison.

He died of pneumonia a month later. Five U.S. Presidents never gave an inaugural address. This second volume in a two-volume set gives every inaugural speech from Theodore Roosevelt (1905) to Donald Trump (2025). These addresses constitute a complete collection of American leadership, highlighting the policy and vision that surround the institution of the U.S. Presidency.

From Washington's pledge to a new nation and Lincoln's plea to a divided one, to Roosevelt's confrontation of fear and Kennedy's exaltation of service for one's country, this two-volume set is a valuable reference for historians, scholars, and: the American people.