Year

Presidential

Context

Inaugural Address

Words

Religious

References

Civil

Religious

References

1789

Washington

"Among the vicissitudes..."

1439

10

4

1793

Washington

"I am again called..."

145

0

2

1797

Adams

"When it was first perceived..."

2326

6

10

1801

Jefferson

"Called upon to undertake..."

1735

4

6

1805

Jefferson

"Proceeding, fellow citizens..."

2157

5

4

1809

Madison

"Unwilling to depart..."

1183

1

6

1813

Madison

"About to add the solemnity..."

1219

1

2

1817

Monroe

"I should be destitute of feeling..."

3380

4

6

1821

Monroe

"I shall not attempt..."

4476

3

3

1825

Adams

"In compliance with..."

2924

5

6

1829

Jackson

"About to undertake..."

1136

2

1

1833

Jackson

"The will of the American people..."

1183

2

4

1837

Van Buren

"The practice of all my predecessors..."

3851

6

20

1841

Harrison

"Called from a retirement..."

8467

8

11

Tyler

 (no inaugural)

1845

Polk

"Without solicitation on my part..."

4815

10

13

1849

Taylor

"Elected by the American people..."

1099

2

7

Fillmore

 (no inaugural)

1853

Pierce

"It is a relief to feel..."

3344

7

15

1857

Buchanan

"I appear before you..."

2839

7

7

1861

Lincoln

"In compliance with a custom..."

3644

2

4

1865

Lincoln

"At this second appearing..."

709

15

0

Johnson

 (no inaugural)

1869

Grant

"Your suffrages having elected me..."

1138

3

1

1873

Grant

"Under Providence I have been called..."

1349

2

2

1877

Hayes

"We have assembled..."

2495

3

3

1881

Garfield

"We stand today..."

2992

6

11

Arthur

 (no inaugural)

1885

Cleveland

"In the presence of..."

1696

3

7

1889

Harrison

"There is no constitutional..."

4405

4

12

1893

Cleveland

"In obedience of the mandate..."

2023

3

5

1897

McKinley

"In obedience to the will..."

3980

7

6

1901

McKinley

"When we assembled here..."

2227

2

8

Roosevelt

 (no inaugural)

1905

Roosevelt

"My fellow citizens..."

995

2

7

1909

Taft

"Anyone who has taken the oath..."

5443

1

2

1913

Wilson

"There has been a change..."

1717

4

2

1917

Wilson

"The four years which have elapsed..."

1539

2

8

1921

Harding

"When one surveys the world..."

3345

14

31

Coolidge

 (no inaugural)

1925

Coolidge

"No one can contemplate..."

4066

8

9

1929

Hoover

"This occasion is not alone..."

3772

5

9

1933

Roosevelt

"I am certain..."

1890

5

4

1937

Roosevelt

"When four years ago we met..."

1827

2

4

1941

Roosevelt

"On each national day of inauguration..."

1353

2

15

1945

Roosevelt

"Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President..."

571

5

4

Truman

 (no inaugural)

1949

Truman

"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice..."

2288

7

5

1953

Eisenhower

"My friends, before I begin..."

2468

14

17

1957

Eisenhower

"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President..."

1666

3

9

1961

Kennedy

"Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker..."

1377

6

6

Johnson

 (no inaugural)

1965

Johnson

"My fellow countrymen..."

1502

9

14

1969

Nixon

"Senator Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice..."

2135

6

10

1973

Nixon

"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker..."

1814

6

7

Ford

 (no inaugural)

1977

Carter

"For myself and for our nation..."

1238

8

7

1981

Reagan

"Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice..."

2458

7

10

1985

Reagan

"Senator Mathias, Chief Justice..."

2582

13

12

1989

Bush

"Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President..."

2327

9

16

1993

Clinton

"Today we celebrate the mystery..."

1593

4

12

1997

Clinton

"At this last presidential inauguration..."

2180

8

8

2001

Bush

"President Clinton, distinguished guests..."

1588

13

16

2005

Bush

"Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice..."

2083

8

32