Second_inauguration_of_George_Washington

Second inauguration of George Washington

Second inauguration of George Washington

2nd United States presidential inauguration

The second inauguration of George Washington as president of the United States was held in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday, March 4, 1793. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of George Washington as president and of John Adams as vice president. The presidential oath of office was administered to George Washington by Associate Justice William Cushing. This was the first inauguration to take place in Philadelphia (then the nation's capital), and took place exactly four years after the new federal government began operations under the U.S. Constitution.

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Inaugural address

George Washington's second inaugural address remains the shortest ever delivered, at just 135 words.[1]

Fellow Citizens:

I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence which has been reposed in me by the people of united America.

Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution requires an oath of office. This oath I am now about to take, and in your presence: That if it shall be found during my administration of the Government I have in any instance violated willingly or knowingly the injunctions thereof, I may (besides incurring constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The 2nd Presidential Inauguration, George Washington, March 04, 1793". U.S. Senate. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Second Inaugural Address of George Washington". The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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