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Which U.S. presidents delivered the the longest inaugural addresses?
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∙ 15y ago
The longest inaugural address was 1 hour and 41 minutes and given by William Henry Harrison in 1841. He also had the distinction of having the shortest presidential term at 1 month after contracting pneumonia at the inauguration.
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∙ 15y agoWilliam Henry Harrison at 8445 words
William Howard Taft at 5429 words
James K. Polk at 4801 words
James Monroe at 4462 words in his second inaugural address
Benjamin Harrison at 4387 words
Calvin Coolidge at 4056 words
William McKinley at 3966 words
Martin Van Buren at 3892 words
Herbert Hoover at 3751 words
Abraham Lincoln at 3638 words
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∙ 15y agoHarrison
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