Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy told the world that "the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans" whom he challenged to "ask not what your country can do for you ...

Methodology. Presidential inaugural addresses were collected from The American Presidency Project.Speeches were processed in python using natural language processing libraries.

A silk copy of William Henry Harrison’s 1841 inaugural address, the longest in history at more than 8,400 words. National Museum of American History Unlike many other presidential addresses, most ...

Donald Trump's first inaugural address totaled 1,433 words, which was the shortest since Jimmy Carter's 1,229 word speech in 1977, according to data from The American Presidency Project at UC ...

Ahead of Donald Trump's Inauguration Day, NBC analyzed inaugural addresses — and found an emerging theme. An analysis of past inauguration speeches shows a vital theme emerging in recent years.