United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. [Transcriber's note: The Nation's first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall on Wall Street. General Washington had been unanimously elected President by the first electoral college, and John Adams was elected Vice President because he received the second greatest number of votes. Under the rules, each elector cast two votes. The Chancel