In honor of the 177th anniversary of William Henry Harrison’s inauguration as president, I am reposting my two-part analysis of his inauguration speech, to date the longest US presidential inauguration speech. To save folks the trouble, I read the 8,400+ words myself and found some quite important and even surprising aspects to this little-studied speech. Source notes for this episode can be found at http://whhpodcast.blubrry.com.
Featured Image: “Lithograph of the Presidential inauguration of Wm. H. Harrison in Washington City, D.C., on the 4th of March 1841” by Charles Fenderich, courtesy of the Library of Congress and Wikipedia
031 – The Death Episode
030 – Presidents on Harrison
029 – The Thirty Days
028 – Keep the Ball A’Rollin: The Long Path to the White House
027 – Years of Struggle
026 – The Case of Harrison v Despotism
025 – The Colombian Mission
024 – The New Year’s Levee
023 – Christmas in Early America
022 – Corrupt Bargains and Shallow Minds
021 – The Era of Ill Feelings
020 – Mr. Harrison Goes to Washington
019 – The US and the Ottoman Empire
018 – To Arms, Eh?: The Defense of Canada and the Death of Tecumseh
017 – The Second American Revolution: This Time, It’s Personal
016 – The Battle of Tippecanoe
015 – The 1840 Presidential Debate
014 – Courtin’, Cavortin’, and Carryin’ On: Harrison’s Early Public Service
013 – Here and There or Maybe Over There: The Wandering Start of William Henry Harrison
012 – The Education of William Henry Harrison
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