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    George Washington gave a very short second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 in Philadelphia where he took the oath of office for his second term as administered by Chief Justice William Cushing. Washington acknowledged that he was called upon again by the American people to serve as their Chief Magistrate and promised to express his appreciation for this honor at a later time. He noted that the Constitution requires the President take an oath of office before executing any duties and that he was about to do so in front of the assembled audience, promising punishment under the Constitution if he were to violate its injunctions.

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    George Washington gave a very short second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 in Philadelphia where he took the oath of office for his second term as administered by Chief Justice William Cushing. Washington acknowledged that he was called upon again by the American people to serve as their Chief Magistrate and promised to express his appreciation for this honor at a later time. He noted that the Constitution requires the President take an oath of office before executing any duties and that he was about to do so in front of the assembled audience, promising punishment under the Constitution if he were to violate its injunctions.

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    George Washington gave a very short second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 in Philadelphia where he took the oath of office for his second term as administered by Chief Justice William Cushing. Washington acknowledged that he was called upon again by the American people to serve as their Chief Magistrate and promised to express his appreciation for this honor at a later time. He noted that the Constitution requires the President take an oath of office before executing any duties and that he was about to do so in front of the assembled audience, promising punishment under the Constitution if he were to violate its injunctions.

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    GEORGE

    WASHINGTON,
    SECOND INAUGURAL
    ADDRESS
    IN THE CITY OF
    PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
    MARCH 4, 1793
    [Transcriber's note: President Washington's second oath of office was taken in the
    Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the
    Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet
    officers, judges of the federal and district courts, foreign officials, and a small gathering of
    Philadelphians, the President offered the shortest inaugural address ever given. Associate
    Justice of the Supreme Court William Cushing administered the oath of office.]

    Fellow Citizens:
    I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its
    Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to
    express the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence
    which has been reposed in me by the people of united America.
    Previous to the execution of any official act of the President the Constitution
    requires an oath of office. This oath I am now about to take, and in your presence:
    That if it shall be found during my administration of the Government I have in any
    instance violated willingly or knowingly the injunctions thereof, I may (besides
    incurring constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are now
    witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.

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