George Washington in his first address had a sentence that was 87 words long "On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years-a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time."
former Indonesian president Mr. Soekarno
Not sure about the longest Inauguration ceremony, because traditionally the programs are followed by parties for 5 days... But the Longest inaugural address (10,000 words) was given on March 4, 1841 -by President William H. Harrison
I don't know of a U.S. President who almost died of pneumonia after his inaugural address, but William Henry Harrison did die of pneumonia after his inaugural address.On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in U.S. history. The weather was terrible that day, and shortly thereafter he contracted pneumonia, of which he died a month after his inauguration.
It was President William Henry Harrison in 1841.
William Henry Harrison
The longest by a U.S. president was given by William Henry Harrison, March 4, 1841. It was 8,445 words long and took Harrison an hour and forty-five minutes to deliver.
The first president to arrive in Washington, D.C., by railroad was Ulysses S. Grant, who took office in 1869. His inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1869, was one of the longest in history, lasting over 7,000 words. Grant's address emphasized themes of unity and Reconstruction following the Civil War.
The Longest inaugural address, one hour and forty minutes, was given by William Henry Harrison, he as well served the shortest term as president. In giving the speech on one of the coldest day's in recorded history, there was a snowstorm as well, he didn't wear proper clothing caught pneumonia.The Shortest was George Washington's second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 consisting of only 135 words.
William Henry Harrison was president for 31 days in 1841. He died of pneumonia, which he came down with shortly after delivering his 1 hour and 40 minute long inaugural speech.
President William Henry Harrison delivered history's longest inaugural address, a nearly two-hour, 8,445-word speech in the face of an icy wind, without hat or overcoat. Harrison died of pneumonia less than two months later.
William Henry Harrison succumbed to Pneumonia after delivering his inaugural address in freezing rain. His inaugural address, which is still considered the longest, attacked the policies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, and promised a return of the National Bank. His term of office lasted only a month, so there was little time for him to do anything beyond receptions in the White House.
William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address with 8,445 words. George Washington's second inauguration speech (in 1793) was the shortest one in US history- just 135 words.