Second Inaugural Special: Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge

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 his own reelection than Woodrow Wilson did in 1917.

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Second Inaugural Special: William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt”

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 referendum on the question of whether America should pursue an imperialist foreign policy.

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Second Inaugural Special: Ulysses Grant and Grover Cleveland”

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 ever delivered by a president, so too was Ulysses Grant’s the worst one.

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Second Inaugural Special: Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln”

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 on the Second Bank of the United States … and in so doing declared the terms of that year’s presidential campaign.

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Second Inaugural Special: James Madison and James Monroe”

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 among them being that it was the first American election to occur in the midst of a major war (the aptly named War of 1812).... Read Original Article

Second Inaugural Special: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

Published: PolicyMic (January 9, 2013)

George Washington (March 4, 1793) and Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1805):

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.

Washington:

George Washington’s second inauguration marked several firsts.

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