Presidential Inaugural Addresses: Dwight D. Eisenhower First Inaugural Address - 1/20/1953

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Here is video of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's first Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953. Eisenhower had served as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, and defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 Election.

NOTE: Eisenhower begins his address with a prayer.

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL ADDRESSES 1945 – Present Click Links Below to View
DATE	PRESIDENT
1/20/2009	Barack Obama
1/20/2005	George W. Bush
1/20/2001	George W. Bush
1/20/1997	Bill Clinton
1/20/1993	Bill Clinton
1/20/1989	George H. W. Bush
1/20/1985	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1981	Ronald Reagan
1/20/1977	Jimmy Carter
*8/9/1974	*Gerald R. Ford
1/20/1973	Richard Nixon
1/20/1969	Richard Nixon
1/20/1965	Lyndon Johnson
1/20/1961	John F. Kennedy
1/21/1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1953	Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/20/1949	Harry Truman
1/20/1945	Franklin D. Roosevelt
*Gerald Ford Took the Oath of Office After Nixon Resignation; Delivered Remarks but no Inaugural Address