Without the assistance of notes, this one-term U.S. president delivered his 3,319 word inaugural address from memory.
- Benjamin Harrison
- Franklin Pierce
- William Howard Taft
- Zachary Taylor
Without the assistance of notes, this one-term U.S. president delivered his 3,319 word inaugural address from memory.
Franklin Pierce who delivered the speech on March 4, 1853.
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