History

Published: PolicyMic (January 20, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Bill Clinton (January 20, 1997) and George W. Bush (January 20, 2005) 1) Clinton (1997) When Bill Clinton was re-elected in...

Published: PolicyMic (January 20, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Richard Nixon (January 20, 1973) and Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1949). 1) Nixon (1973) Richard Nixon's second inaugural address...

Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1957) and Lyndon B. Johnson (1965). Dwight Eisenhower (1957) The 1956 presidential election marked the...

Published: PolicyMic (January 19, 2013) Editor's Note: This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1945) and Harry Truman (January 20, 1949). Roosevelt (1945) Like Abraham Lincoln 80 years...

Published: PolicyMic (January 17, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1937) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 20, 1941) Roosevelt (1937) While Lincoln's second inaugural may be...

Published: PolicyMic (January 16, 2013) This article is an installment in an 11-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Woodrow Wilson (March 4, 1917) and Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925): Wilson: Rarely has a president so directly defied the ideological basis of...

Published: PolicyMic (January 14, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. William McKinley (March 4, 1901) and Theodore Roosevelt (March 4, 1905) McKinley: The presidential election of 1900 had been a clear-cut...

Published: PolicyMic (January 13, 2013) This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Ulysses S. Grant (March 4, 1873) and Grover Cleveland (March 4, 1893):  Grant: Just as Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural was the greatest...

Published: PolicyMic (January 12, 2013) Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1833) and Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1865): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Jackson: In the summer of 1832, President Andrew Jackson declared war...

Published: PolicyMic (January 11, 2013) James Madison (March 4, 1813) and James Monroe (March 4, 1821): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Madison: The presidential election of 1812 marked several firsts, foremost...