RAW DATA: Transcripts of Inaugural Addresses
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}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:
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}President Reagan's First Inaugural
President Reagan's Second Inaugural
President George H.W. Bush's Inaugural
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}President Clinton's First Inaugural
President Clinton's Second Inaugural
President George W. Bush's First Inaugural
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