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It actually was not that short. President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address was approximately 700 words in length. You are probably thinking of President George Washington's second Inaugural Address, which was the shortest Presidential Inaugural Address in history, to date.
Lincoln's second inaugural address was created in 1865.
It actually was not that short. President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address was approximately 700 words in length. You are probably thinking of President George Washington's second Inaugural Address, which was the shortest Presidential Inaugural Address in history, to date.
Lincoln's second inaugural address was created in 1865.
Because it said what needed to be said and no more.
Yes and no. His first inaugural was in NYC, since it was the capital, but he gave a second inaugural address in Philadelphia as well.
Bill Clinton's second inaugural address on January 20, 1997 contained 2,137 words.
The second inaugural address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on March 4, 1865.
135 words by President George Washington, made during his second inaugural address.
His first inaugural was on March 4, 1817His second inaugural address as on March 5, 1821 since March 4 was on Sunday.
During his First Inaugural address, he asked the South to refrain from seceding from the Union. During his Second Inaugural address, he did not address the South, directly but he spoke to the nation, as a whole.
March 4, 1861. He gave his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.