RAW DATA: Transcripts of Inaugural Addresses

The custom of delivering an address on Inauguration Day started with the very first Inauguration -- George Washington's -- on April 30, 1789.

Every President since Washington has delivered an Inaugural address.

Click below to read the words delivered on the day our recent presidents were inaugurated:

President Reagan's First Inaugural

President Reagan's Second Inaugural

President George H.W. Bush's Inaugural

President Clinton's First Inaugural

President Clinton's Second Inaugural

President George W. Bush's First Inaugural

President George W. Bush's Second Inaugural