Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses

The complete American presidential inaugural addresses featuring historical background by a National Book Award winner A testament to the power of oratory, this stirring and often surprising collection includes all fifty-five United States presidential inaugural addresses, as well as a general introduction and commentary that provides historical context for each speech. Marking pivotal moments in American history, readers will learn- - How George Washington came to ad-lib 'So help me, God' at the end of his first inaugural address - Why Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address is considered one of the finest ever delivered - The historical background behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' and John F. Kennedy's 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'

Table of Contents:
Fellow CitizensIntroduction by Robert V. Remini and Terry Golway 1. George Washington First Inaugural Address (April 30, 1789) 2. George Washington Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1793) 3. John Adams Inaugural Address (March 4, 1797) 4. Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1801) 5. Thomas Jefferson Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1805) 6. James Madison First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1809) 7. James Madison Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1813) 8. James Monroe First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1817) 9. James Monroe Second Inaugural Address (March 5, 1821) 10. John Quincy Adams Inaugural Address (March 4, 1825) 11. Andrew Jackson First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1829) 12. Andrew Jackson Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1833) 13. Martin Van Buren Inaugural Address (March 4, 1837) 14. William Henry Harrison Inaugural Address (March 4, 1841) 15. James K. Polk Inaugural Address (March 4, 1845) 16. Zachary Taylor Inaugural Address (March 5, 1849) 17. Franklin Pierce Inaugural Address (March 4, 1853) 18. James Buchanan Inaugural Address (March 4, 1857) 19. Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861) 20. Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) 21. Ulysses S. Grant First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1869) 22. Ulysses S. Grant Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1873) 23. Rutherford B. Hayes Inaugural Address (March 5, 1877) 24. James A. Garfield Inaugural Address (March 4, 1881) 25. Grover Cleveland First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1885) 26. Benjamin Harrison Inaugural Address (March 4, 1889) 27. Grover Cleveland Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1893) 28. William McKinley First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1897) 29. William McKinley Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1901) 30. Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Address (March 4, 1905) 31. William Howard Taft Inaugural Address (March 4, 1909) 32. Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1913) 33. Woodrow Wilson Second Inaugural Address (March 5, 1917) 34. Warren G. Harding Inaugural Address (March 4, 1921) 35. Calvin Coolidge Inaugural Address (March 4, 1925) 36. Herbert Hoover Inaugural Address (March 4, 1929) 37. Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933) 38. Franklin D. Roosevelt Second Inaugural Address (January 20, 1937) 39. Franklin D. Roosevelt Third Inaugural Address (January 20, 1941) 40. Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Inaugural Address (January 20, 1945) 41. Harry S. Truman Inaugural Address (January 20, 1949) 42. Dwight D. Eisenhower First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1953) 43. Dwight D. Eisenhower Second Inaugural Address (January 21, 1957) 44. John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) 45. Lyndon B. Johnson Inaugural Address (January 20, 1965) 46. Richard Nixon First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1969) 47. Richard Nixon Second Inaugural Address (January 20, 1973) 48. Gerald R. Ford Succession Speech (August 9, 1974) 49. Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address (January 20, 1977) 50. Ronald Reagan First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981) 51. Ronald Reagan Second Inaugural Address (January 21, 1985) 52. George H. W. Bush Inaugural Address (January 20, 1989) 53. Bill Clinton First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1993) 54. Bill Clinton Second Inaugural Address (January 20, 1997) 55. George W. Bush First Inaugural Address (January 20, 2001) 56. George W. Bush Second Inaugural Address (January 20, 2005)

About the Author :
Robert V. Remini, whose three-volume biography, Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award and was reissued in 1998 as a Main Selection of the History Book Club, is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He is professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois. Robert V. Remini, whose three-volume biography, Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award and was reissued in 1998 as a Main Selection of the History Book Club, is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He is professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois. Robert V. Remini, whose three-volume biography, Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award and was reissued in 1998 as a Main Selection of the History Book Club, is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. He is professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and lives in Wilmette, Illinois.