Word count in US Presidents' Inaugural Addresses

The President of the United States is the head of state and also the head of government of the United States.
There have been 45 people sworn in as president, and 46 presidents, as Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, respectively, so the list is Below is a list of 46 presidents, but actually only 45 people.
Every President gives an inaugural address, a first speech in a new position. Its content mainly revolves around national unity and promises new beginnings, a major communique. value of the head of the country sent to all the people.
The statistics below show the lengths of all US Presidents' inauguration speeches from 1789 to 2021. We'll sort them in descending order of words in their inaugural speeches.
The longest inaugural speech, with 8445 words, was by William Henry Harrison. The shortest is by George Washington with 135 words.
Year | President | Word Count |
1841 | William Henry Harrison | 8445 |
1909 | William Howard Taft | 5428 |
1845 | James Knox Polk | 4802 |
1821 | James Monroe | 4459 |
1889 | Benjamin Harrison | 4393 |
1897 | William McKinley | 3965 |
1837 | Martin van Buren | 3833 |
1929 | Herbert Hoover | 3754 |
1925 | CALVIN COOLIDGE | 3746 |
1861 | Abraham Lincoln | 3633 |
1817 | James Monroe | 3366 |
1853 | Franklin Pierce | 3331 |
1921 | Warren G. Harding | 3328 |
1881 | JAMES A. GARFIELD | 2976 |
1825 | John Quincy Adams | 2913 |
1857 | JAMES BUCHANAN | 2608 |
1985 | Ronald Reagan | 2563 |
2021 | J. Biden | 2,552 |
1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 2534 |
1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 2454 |
1981 | Ronald Reagan | 2439 |
2013 | Barack Obama | 2403 |
2009 | Barack Obama | 2402 |
1797 | John Adams | 2318 |
1989 | George Bush | 2317 |
1949 | Harry S. Truman | 2273 |
1901 | William McKinley | 2217 |
1997 | William J. Clinton | 2159 |
1805 | Thomas Jefferson | 2151 |
1969 | Richard Milhous Nixon | 2124 |
2005 | George W. Bush | 2056 |
1893 | Grover Cleveland | 2014 |
1933 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1880 |
1937 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1808 |
1973 | Richard Milhous Nixon | 1802 |
1801 | Thomas Jefferson | 1721 |
1913 | Woodrow Wilson | 1699 |
1885 | Grover Cleveland | 1682 |
1957 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1659 |
1993 | William J. Clinton | 1584 |
2001 | George W. Bush | 1579 |
1917 | Woodrow Wilson | 1529 |
1965 | Lyndon Baines Johnson | 1492 |
2017 | DONALD J. TRUMP | 1444 |
1789 | George Washington | 1429 |
1961 | John F. Kennedy | 1364 |
1941 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1341 |
1873 | Ulysses S. Grant | 1338 |
1977 | Jimmy Carter | 1229 |
1813 | James Madison | 1210 |
1809 | James Madison | 1173 |
1833 | Andrew Jackson | 1173 |
1869 | Ulysses S. Grant | 1127 |
1829 | Andrew Jackson | 1126 |
1849 | Zachary Taylor | 1088 |
1905 | Theodore Roosevelt | 983 |
1865 | Abraham Lincoln | 698 |
1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 558 |
1793 | George Washington | 135 |