Presidential Speech Archive

The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in full audio. Recently we have expanded our collection to include video speeches from President John F. Kennedy through President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama

Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention (August 28,2008)

Remarks on Election Night (November 04,2008)

Inaugural Address (January 20,2009)

Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (February 24,2009)

Address at Cairo University (June 04,2009)

Address to Congress on Health Care (September 09,2009)

George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address (January 20,2001)

Remarks on Signing the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (June 07,2001)

State of the Union Address (January 29,2002)

State of the Union Address (January 28,2003)

State of the Union Address (January 20,2004)

Second Inaugural Address (January 20,2005)

State of the Union Address (February 02,2005)

State of the Union Address (January 31,2006)

State of the Union Address (January 23,2007)

State of the Union Address (January 28,2008)

Remarks on the War on Terror (March 19,2008)

Farewell Address to the Nation (January 15,2009)

Bill Clinton

First Inaugural (January 20,1993)

Press Conference on "Gays in the Military" (January 29,1993)

Remarks at the Signing of the Family Medical Leave Act (February 05,1993)

Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (February 17,1993)

National Service Address (April 30,1993)

Remarks on Operation Restore Hope (May 05,1993)

Speech at the 25th Anniversary Memorial Mass for Robert F. Kennedy (June 06,1993)

Remarks at the Signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Agreement (September 13,1993)

Address on Health Care Reform (September 22,1993)

Address on Somalia (October 07,1993)

Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God in Christ in Memphis (November 13,1993)

Remarks on the Signing of NAFTA (December 08,1993)

State of the Union Address (January 25,1994)

Remarks at the U.S. National Cemetery (June 06,1994)

Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate (June 12,1994)

State of the Union Address (January 24,1995)

Time for Healing Ceremony (April 23,1995)

Address on Affirmative Action (July 19,1995)

Address on Race Relations (October 16,1995)

Address on Bosnia (November 27,1995)

Address to the Employees of the Mackie Metal Plant (November 30,1995)

State of the Union Address (January 23,1996)

Victims Rights Announcement (June 25,1996)

Remarks at the Democratic National Convention (August 29,1996)

Presidential Debate with Senator Bob Dole (October 06,1996)

Remarks to the Congregation of St. Paul's AME Church (November 03,1996)

Second Inaugural (January 20,1997)

State of the Union Address (February 04,1997)

Address to the People and Relief Workers of Grand Forks, ND (April 22,1997)

Response to the Lewinsky Allegations (January 26,1998)

State of the Union Address (January 27,1998)

Remarks to the People of Ghana (March 23,1998)

Remarks to the People of Rwanda (March 25,1998)

Statement on His Testimony Before the Grand Jury (August 17,1998)

State of the Union Address (January 19,1999)

Statement on Kosovo (March 24,1999)

Address on the Kosovo Agreement (June 10,1999)

State of the Union Address (January 27,2000)

Farewell Address (January 18,2001)

George H. W. Bush

Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention (August 18,1988)

Debate with Michael Dukakis (September 25,1988)

Inaugural Address (January 20,1989)

Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (February 09,1989)

Commencement Address at Texas A&M University (May 12,1989)

Address to the Nation on Panama (December 20,1989)

State of the Union Address (January 31,1990)

Remarks on the Signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (July 26,1990)

Address on Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait (August 08,1990)

Address Before a Joint Session of Congress (September 11,1990)

Address to the United Nations (October 01,1990)

Address to the Nation on the Budget (October 02,1990)

Address to the Nation on the Invasion of Iraq (January 16,1991)

State of the Union Address (January 29,1991)

Address on the End of the Gulf War (February 27,1991)

Address Before a Joint Session of Congress on the End of the Gulf War (March 06,1991)

Press Conference with Mikhail Gorbachev (July 31,1991)

State of the Union Address (January 28,1992)

Republican National Convention (August 20,1992)

Debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot (October 11,1992)

Address on Somalia (December 04,1992)

Remarks at Texas A&M University (December 15,1992)

Address at West Point (January 05,1993)

Ronald Reagan

"A Time for Choosing" (October 27,1964)

Republican National Convention (July 17,1980)

First Inaugural Address (January 20,1981)

Address on the Program for Economic Recovery (April 28,1981)

Remarks on the Air Traffic Controllers Strike (August 03,1981)

Speech on the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (November 18,1981)

Address to the Nation on Christmas and the Situation in Poland (December 23,1981)

Address to the British Parliament (June 08,1982)

Address to the Bundestag in West Germany (June 09,1982)

Speech to the United Nations General Assembly (June 17,1982)

Address to the Nation on Lebanon (September 20,1982)

"Evil Empire" Speech (March 08,1983)

Address to the Nation on National Security (March 23,1983)

Speech on the Creation of the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Holiday (November 02,1983)

Remarks on U.S. Casualties in Lebanon and Grenada (November 04,1983)

State of the Union Address (January 25,1984)

40th Anniversary of D-Day (June 06,1984)

Republican National Convention (August 23,1984)

Debate with Walter Mondale (Domestic Issues) (October 07,1984)

Debate with Walter Mondale (Defense and Foreign Policy) (October 21,1984)

Second Inaugural Address (January 21,1985)

Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp (May 05,1985)

Speech on the Geneva Summit (November 21,1985)

Address on the Space Shuttle "Challenger" (January 28,1986)

Speech to the Nation on the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (September 14,1986)

Address to the Nation on Iran-Contra (March 04,1987)

Address from the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall) (June 12,1987)

Address at Moscow State University (May 31,1988)

Farewell Address at the Republican National Convention (August 15,1988)

Remarks at the Veteran's Day Ceremony (November 11,1988)

Speech on Foreign Policy (December 16,1988)

Farewell Address (January 11,1989)

Jimmy Carter

Debate with President Gerald Ford (Domestic Issues) (September 23,1976)

Debate with President Gerald Ford (Foreign and Defense Issues) (October 06,1976)

Debate with President Gerald Ford (October 22,1976)

Inaugural Address (January 20,1977)

Report to the American People on Energy (February 02,1977)

Remarks at President Carter's Press Conference (March 09,1977)

Address to the Nation on Energy (April 18,1977)

University of Notre Dame Commencement (May 22,1977)

Statement on the Panama Canal Treaty Signing (September 07,1977)

Address to the Nation on Energy (November 08,1977)

State of the Union Address (January 19,1978)

President Carter's Remarks on Joint Statement at Camp David Summit (September 17,1978)

Anti-Inflation Program Speech (October 24,1978)

Speech on Establishing Diplomatic Relations with China (December 15,1978)

State of the Union Address (January 23,1979)

"Crisis of Confidence" Speech (July 15,1979)

Speech on Afghanistan (January 04,1980)

State of the Union Address (January 23,1980)

Statement on the Iran Rescue Mission (April 25,1980)

Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention (August 14,1980)

Debate with Ronald Reagan (October 28,1980)

Farewell Speech (January 14,1981)

Gerald Ford

Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office (August 09,1974)

Remarks on Pardoning Richard Nixon (September 08,1974)

Remarks on Clemency for Vietnam Era Draft Evaders (September 16,1974)

Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations (September 18,1974)

"Whip Inflation Now" Speech (October 08,1974)

State of the Union Address (January 15,1975)

Address on U.S. Foreign Policy (April 10,1975)

Remarks at Tulane University (April 23,1975)

Address on Energy Policy (May 27,1975)

Remarks in Helsinki (August 01,1975)

Address at the University of Hawaii (December 07,1975)

State of the Union Address (January 19,1976)

Republican National Convention (August 19,1976)

State of the Union Address (January 12,1977)

Richard Nixon

"Checkers" Speech (September 23,1952)

First Inaugural Address (January 20,1969)

Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam (November 03,1969)

State of the Union Address (January 22,1970)

Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia (April 30,1970)

State of the Union Address (January 22,1971)

Radio Address About Second Annual Foreign Policy Report to the Congress (February 25,1971)

Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia (April 07,1971)

Remarks Announcing an Agreement on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (May 20,1971)

State of the Union Address (January 20,1972)

Address to the Nation on Plan for Peace in Vietnam (January 25,1972)

Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia (May 08,1972)

Remarks on Election Eve (November 06,1972)

Remarks on Being Reelected to the Presidency (November 07,1972)

Second Inaugural Address (January 20,1973)

Address to the Nation Announcing an Agreement on Ending the War in Vietnam (January 23,1973)

Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations (April 30,1973)

Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations (August 15,1973)

State of the Union Address (January 30,1974)

The President's News Conference (February 25,1974)

Address to the Nation on Presidential Tape Recordings (April 29,1974)

Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President (August 08,1974)

Remarks on Departure From the White House (August 09,1974)

Lyndon Johnson

Remarks at Gettysburg on Civil Rights (May 30,1963)

Address to Joint Session of Congress (November 27,1963)

Thanksgiving Message (November 28,1963)

Address to the U.N. General Assembly (December 17,1963)

State of the Union (January 08,1964)

Remarks at the Ninety Sixth Charter Day Observances (February 21,1964)

Speech to the Associated Press Luncheon (April 20,1964)

Remarks at the University of Michigan (May 22,1964)

Remarks upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill (July 02,1964)

Report on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (August 04,1964)

Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention (August 27,1964)

Speech at the Jung Hotel, New Orleans (October 09,1964)

Report to the Nation on Events in China and the USSR (October 18,1964)

State of the Union (January 04,1965)

Inaugural Address (January 20,1965)

Speech Before Congress on Voting Rights (March 15,1965)

Address at Johns Hopkins University (April 07,1965)

Statement on Sending Troops to the Dominican Republic (April 28,1965)

Report on the Situation in the Dominican Republic (May 02,1965)

Remarks at the Howard University Commencement (June 04,1965)

Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Charter (June 25,1965)

Remarks on the Signing of the Voting Rights Act (August 06,1965)

State of the Union (January 12,1966)

Speech on U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia (July 12,1966)

Remarks on the Creation of the Department of Transportation (October 15,1966)

State of the Union Address (January 10,1967)

Address After Ordering Federal Troops to Detroit, Michigan (July 24,1967)

Speech to the Nation on Civil Disorders (July 27,1967)

Speech on Vietnam (September 29,1967)

State of the Union Address (January 17,1968)

Remarks on Decision not to Seek Re-Election (March 31,1968)

Remarks on Signing the Civil Rights Act (April 11,1968)

Remarks on Signing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (July 01,1968)

Remarks on the Cessation of Bombing of North Vietnam (October 30,1968)

State of the Union Address (January 14,1969)

John Kennedy

Acceptance of the Democratic Party Nomination (July 15,1960)

Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association (September 12,1960)

"City Upon a Hill" Speech (January 09,1961)

Inaugural Address (January 20,1961)

Establishment of the Peace Corps (March 01,1961)

Special Message to the Congress on Taxation (April 20,1961)

"President and the Press" Speech (April 27,1961)

The Goal of Sending a Man to the Moon (May 25,1961)

University of Washington's 100th Anniversary (November 16,1961)

Yale University Commencement (June 11,1962)

Address on the Space Effort (September 12,1962)

Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (October 22,1962)

90th Anniversary of Vanderbilt University (May 18,1963)

American University Commencement (June 10,1963)

Address on Civil Rights (June 11,1963)

"Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech (June 26,1963)

Address on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (July 26,1963)

Address at the Mormon Tabernacle (September 26,1963)

Remarks at Amherst College (October 26,1963)

Dwight Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address (January 20,1953)

Chance for Peace (April 16,1953)

Atoms for Peace (December 08,1953)

Republican National Convention (August 23,1956)

Eisenhower Doctrine (January 05,1957)

Farewell Address (January 17,1961)

Harry Truman

First Speech to Congress (April 16,1945)

Announcing the Surrender of Germany (May 08,1945)

Statement by the President Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima (August 06,1945)

Radio Report to the American People on the Potsdam Conference (August 09,1945)

Announcing the Surrender of Japan (September 01,1945)

Navy Day Address (October 27,1945)

Truman Doctrine (March 12,1947)

On the Veto of the Taft-Hartley Bill (June 20,1947)

Address before the NAACP (June 29,1947)

Democratic National Convention (July 15,1948)

Whistlestop Tour in Trenton, Missouri (September 18,1948)

Whistlestop Tour in Chariton, Iowa (September 18,1948)

Victory Celebration (November 03,1948)

Inaugural Address (January 20,1949)

Report to the American People on Korea (April 11,1951)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (March 15,1952)

Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner (March 29,1952)

Rear Platform Remarks (October 22,1952)

Farewell Address (January 15,1953)

Franklin Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1933)

Fireside Chat 1: On the Banking Crisis (March 12,1933)

Fireside Chat 2: On Progress During the First Two Months (May 07,1933)

Fireside Chat 3: On the National Recovery Administration (July 24,1933)

Fireside Chat 4: On Economic Progress (October 22,1933)

Fireside Chat 5: On Addressing the Critics (June 28,1934)

Fireside Chat 6: On Government and Capitalism (September 30,1934)

Fireside Chat 7: On the Works Relief Program and Social Security Act (April 28,1935)

Democratic National Convention (June 27,1936)

Fireside Chat 8: On Farmers and Laborers (September 06,1936)

Speech at Madison Square Garden (October 31,1936)

Second Inaugural Address (January 20,1937)

Fireside Chat 9: On "Court-Packing" (March 09,1937)

Quarantine Speech (October 05,1937)

Fireside Chat 10: On New Legislation (October 12,1937)

Fireside Chat 11: On the Unemployment Census (November 14,1937)

Fireside Chat 12: On the Recession (April 14,1938)

Fireside Chat 13: On Purging the Democratic Party (June 24,1938)

Dedication of a Memorial to the Northwest Territory (July 08,1938)

Fireside Chat 14: On the European War (September 03,1939)

Fireside Chat 15: On National Defense (May 26,1940)

"Stab in the Back" Speech (June 10,1940)

Democratic National Convention (July 19,1940)

Fireside Chat 16: On the "Arsenal of Democracy" (December 29,1940)

State of the Union (Four Freedoms) (January 06,1941)

Third Inaugural Address (January 20,1941)

On Land Lease (March 15,1941)

Fireside Chat 17: On An Unlimited National Emergency (May 27,1941)

Fireside Chat 18: On The Greer Incident (September 11,1941)

Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War (December 08,1941)

Fireside Chat 19: On the War with Japan (December 09,1941)

Message to Congress Requesting War Declarations with Germany and Italy (December 11,1941)

Fireside Chat 20: On the Progress of the War (February 23,1942)

Fireside Chat 21: On Sacrifice (April 28,1942)

Fireside Chat 22: On Inflation and Food Prices (September 07,1942)

Fireside Chat 23: On the Home Front (October 12,1942)

State of the Union Address (January 07,1943)

Fireside Chat 24: On the Coal Crisis (May 02,1943)

Fireside Chat 25: On the Fall of Mussolini (July 28,1943)

Fireside Chat 26: On the Armistice in Italy (September 08,1943)

The Tehran Declaration (December 01,1943)

Fireside Chat 27: On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences (December 24,1943)

Fireside Chat 28: On the State of the Union (January 11,1944)

Fireside Chat 29: On the Fall of Rome (June 05,1944)

Fireside Chat 30: Opening Fifth War Loan Drive (June 12,1944)

Democratic National Convention (July 20,1944)

Fourth Inaugural Address (January 20,1945)

Joint Statement with Churchill and Stalin on the Yalta Conference (February 11,1945)

Address to Congress on Yalta (March 01,1945)

Herbert Hoover

Inaugural Address (March 04,1929)

Remarks Upon Proclaiming the Treaty for the Renunciation of War (Kellog-Briand Pact) (July 24,1929)

Calvin Coolidge

First Annual Message (December 06,1923)

Second Annual Message (December 03,1924)

Inaugural Address (March 04,1925)

Third Annual Message (December 08,1925)

Fourth Annual Message (December 07,1926)

Address at the Opening of Work on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, SD (August 10,1927)

Fifth Annual Message (December 06,1927)

Sixth Annual Message (December 04,1928)

Warren Harding

Inaugural Address (March 04,1921)

First Annual Message (December 06,1921)

Second Annual Message (December 08,1922)

Woodrow Wilson

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1913)

Address at Gettysburg (July 04,1913)

Address at Congress Hall, Philadelphia (October 25,1913)

First Annual Message (December 02,1913)

Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Trusts and Monopolies (January 20,1914)

Message on Neutrality (August 20,1914)

"The Opinion of the World" Speech (October 20,1914)

Second Annual Message (December 08,1914)

Third Annual Message (December 07,1915)

Speech of Acceptance (September 02,1916)

Fourth Annual Message (December 05,1916)

"A World League for Peace" Speech (January 22,1917)

Second Inaugural Address (March 05,1917)

Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany (April 02,1917)

Proclamation 1364 (April 06,1917)

Fifth Annual Message (December 04,1917)

Sixth Annual Message (December 02,1918)

Seventh Annual Message (December 02,1919)

Eighth Annual Message (December 07,1920)

William Taft

Inaugural Address (March 04,1909)

Address on the Tariff Law of 1909 (November 17,1909)

First Annual Message (December 07,1909)

Second Annual Message (December 06,1910)

Special Message on Canadian Reciprocity (January 26,1911)

Third Annual Message (December 05,1911)

Fourth Annual Message (December 03,1912)

Theodore Roosevelt

First Annual Message (December 03,1901)

Second Annual Message (December 02,1902)

Third Annual Message (December 07,1903)

Fourth Annual Message (December 06,1904)

Inaugural Address (March 04,1905)

Fifth Annual Message (December 05,1905)

Sixth Annual Message (December 03,1906)

Seventh Annual Message (December 03,1907)

Eighth Annual Message (December 09,1908)

William McKinley

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1897)

First Annual Message (December 06,1897)

Second Annual Message (December 05,1898)

Third Annual Message (December 05,1899)

Fourth Annual Message (December 03,1900)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1901)

Grover Cleveland

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1885)

First Annual Message (December 08,1885)

Second Annual Message (December 06,1886)

Third Annual Message (December 06,1887)

Fourth Annual Message (December 03,1888)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1893)

Special Session Message (August 08,1893)

First Annual Message (Second Term) (December 04,1893)

Second Annual Message (Second Term) (December 03,1894)

Third Annual Message (Second Term) (December 02,1895)

Fourth Annual Message (Second Term) (December 07,1896)

Benjamin Harrison

Inaugural Address (March 04,1889)

First Annual Message (December 03,1889)

Second Annual Message (December 01,1890)

Third Annual Message (December 09,1891)

Fourth Annual Message (December 06,1892)

Chester Arthur

First Annual Message (December 06,1881)

Second Annual Message (December 04,1882)

Third Annual Message (December 04,1883)

Fourth Annual Message (December 01,1884)

James Garfield

Inaugural Address (March 04,1881)

Rutherford Hayes

Inaugural Address (March 05,1877)

First Annual Message (December 03,1877)

Second Annual Message (December 02,1878)

Third Annual Message (December 01,1879)

Fourth Annual Message (December 06,1880)

Ulysses Grant

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1869)

First Annual Message (December 06,1869)

Second Annual Message (December 05,1870)

Third Annual Message (December 04,1871)

Fourth Annual Message (December 02,1872)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1873)

Fifth Annual Message (December 01,1873)

Sixth Annual Message (December 07,1874)

Seventh Annual Message (December 07,1875)

Eighth Annual Message (December 05,1876)

Andrew Johnson

First Annual Message (December 04,1865)

Abraham Lincoln

Eulogy on Henry Clay (July 06,1852)

At Peoria, Illinois (October 16,1854)

"A House Divided" Speech (June 16,1858)

Cooper Union Address (February 27,1860)

Farewell Address (February 11,1861)

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1861)

July 4th Message to Congress (July 04,1861)

First Annual Message (December 03,1861)

Second Annual Message (December 01,1862)

Emancipation Proclamation (January 01,1863)

Public Letter to James Conkling (August 26,1863)

Gettysburg Address (November 19,1863)

Third Annual Message (December 08,1863)

Fourth Annual Message (December 06,1864)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1865)

James Buchanan

Inaugural Address (March 04,1857)

First Annual Message (December 08,1857)

Second Annual Message (December 06,1858)

Third Annual Message (December 19,1859)

Fourth Annual Message (December 03,1860)

Franklin Pierce

Inaugural Address (March 04,1853)

First Annual Message (December 05,1853)

Proclamation (January 18,1854)

Second Annual Message (December 04,1854)

Third Annual Message (December 31,1855)

Fourth Annual Message (December 02,1856)

Millard Fillmore

First Annual Message (December 02,1850)

Zachary Taylor

Inaugural Address (March 05,1849)

James Polk

Inaugural Address (March 04,1845)

John Tyler

First Annual Message (December 07,1841)

William Harrison

Inaugural Address (March 04,1841)

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address (March 04,1837)

Special Session Message (September 04,1837)

First Annual Message to Congress (December 05,1837)

Proclamation (January 05,1838)

Second Annual Message to Congress (December 03,1838)

Third Annual Message to Congress (December 02,1839)

Fourth Annual Message to Congress (December 05,1840)

Special Message (January 02,1841)

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1829)

Proclamation Regarding Duties on Austrian Vessels (May 11,1829)

First Annual Message to Congress (December 08,1829)

Proclamation Regarding the Opening of United States Ports to British Vessels (October 05,1830)

Second Annual Message to Congress (December 06,1830)

Third Annual Message to Congress (December 06,1831)

Bank Veto (July 10,1832)

Fourth Annual Message to Congress (December 04,1832)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1833)

Fifth Annual Message to Congress (December 03,1833)

Sixth Annual Message to Congress (December 01,1834)

Seventh Annual Address to Congress (December 07,1835)

Eighth Annual Message to Congress (December 05,1836)

Farewell Address (March 04,1837)

John Quincy Adams

Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives on Foreign Policy (July 04,1821)

Inaugural Address (March 04,1825)

First Annual Message (December 06,1825)

Second Annual Address (December 05,1826)

Third Annual Message (December 04,1827)

Fourth Annual Message (December 02,1828)

James Monroe

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1817)

First Annual Message (December 02,1817)

Second Annual Message (November 16,1818)

Third Annual Message (December 07,1819)

Fourth Annual Message (November 14,1820)

Second Inaugural Address (March 05,1821)

Fifth Annual Message (December 03,1821)

Sixth Annual Message (December 03,1822)

Seventh Annual Message (Monroe Doctrine) (December 02,1823)

Eighth Annual Message (December 07,1824)

James Madison

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1809)

Message on the Special Congressional Session/State of Foreign Affairs (May 23,1809)

First Annual Message (November 29,1809)

Proclamation-- Occupation of West Florida (October 27,1810)

Second Annual Message (December 05,1810)

Veto Act on Incorporating the Alexandria Protestant Episcopal Church (February 21,1811)

Third Annual Message (November 05,1811)

Special Message to Congress on the Foreign Policy Crisis -- War Message (June 01,1812)

Proclamation of a State of War with Great Britain (June 19,1812)

Proclamation of Day of Fasting and Prayer (July 09,1812)

Fourth Annual Message (November 04,1812)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1813)

Message on the Special Congressional Session -- State of War and Diplomacy (May 25,1813)

Proclamation on Day of Public Humiliation and Prayer (July 23,1813)

Fifth Annual Message (December 07,1813)

Proclamation upon British Depradations -- Burning of the Capitol (September 01,1814)

Sixth Annual Message (September 20,1814)

Veto Message on the National Bank (January 30,1815)

Special Message to Congress on the Treaty of Ghent (February 18,1815)

Seventh Annual Message (December 05,1815)

Eighth Annual Message (December 03,1816)

Veto Message on the Internal Improvements Bill (March 03,1817)

Thomas Jefferson

First Inaugural Address (March 04,1801)

The Reply to New Haven Remonstrance (July 12,1801)

First Annual Message (December 08,1801)

Response to Danbury Baptist Association (January 01,1802)

Address to Brother Handsome Lake (November 03,1802)

Second Annual Message (December 15,1802)

Special Message to Congress on Indian Policy (January 18,1803)

Instructions to Captain Lewis (June 20,1803)

Third Annual Message (October 17,1803)

Address to the Brothers of Choctaw Nation (December 17,1803)

Fourth Annual Message (November 08,1804)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1805)

Fifth Annual Message (December 03,1805)

Special Message to Congress on Foreign Policy (December 06,1805)

Address to the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation (January 10,1806)

Proclamation on Spanish Territory (November 27,1806)

Sixth Annual Message (December 02,1806)

Address to the Wolf and the People of the Mandan Nation (December 30,1806)

Special Message to Congress on the Burr Conspiracy (January 22,1807)

Special Message to Congress on the Gun Boats (February 10,1807)

Proclamation in Response to the Chesapeake Affair (July 02,1807)

Seventh Annual Message (October 27,1807)

Eighth Annual Message (November 08,1808)

Message to the Inhabitants of Albemarle County (April 03,1809)

John Adams

Inaugural Address (March 04,1797)

Special Session Message to Congress (XYZ Affair) (May 16,1797)

First Annual Message (November 22,1797)

Proclamation of Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer (March 23,1798)

Second Annual Message (December 08,1798)

Third Annual Message (December 03,1799)

Death of George Washington (December 19,1799)

Proclamation of Pardons to Those Engaged in Fries Rebellion (May 21,1800)

Fourth Annual Message (November 22,1800)

George Washington

First Inaugural Address (April 30,1789)

Thanksgiving Proclamation (October 03,1789)

First Annual Message to Congress (January 08,1790)

Second Annual Message to Congress (December 08,1790)

Talk to the Chiefs and Counselors of the Seneca Nation (December 29,1790)

Third Annual Message to Congress (October 25,1791)

Veto Message on Congressional Redistricting (April 05,1792)

Fourth Annual Message to Congress (November 06,1792)

Proclamation Against Crimes Against the Cherokee Nations (December 12,1792)

Second Inaugural Address (March 04,1793)

Proclamation of Neutrality (April 22,1793)

Fifth Annual Message to Congress (December 03,1793)

Proclamation against Opposition to Execution of Laws and Excise Duties in Western Pennsylvania (August 07,1794)

Proclamation of Militia Service (September 25,1794)

Sixth Annual Message to Congress (November 19,1794)

Proclamation of Pardons in Western Pennsylvania (July 10,1795)

Seventh Annual Message to Congress (December 08,1795)

Message to the House of Representatives, Declining to Submit Diplomatic Instructions and Correspondence (March 30,1796)

Talk to the Cherokee Nation (August 29,1796)

Farewell Address (September 19,1796)

Eighth Annual Message to Congress (December 07,1796)

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