Famous presidential speeches Use the "Filter" button to select a particular president and find the speech you want Animate Background Off President George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden Search Presidential Speeches March 4, 1865: Second Inaugural Address transcript icon December 6, 1864: Fourth Annual Message transcript icon December 8, 1863: Third Annual Message transcript icon November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address transcript icon August 26, 1863: Public Letter to James Conkling transcript icon January 1, 1863: Emancipation Proclamation transcript icon December 1, 1862: Second Annual Message transcript icon December 3, 1861: First Annual Message transcript icon July 4, 1861: July 4th Message to Congress transcript icon March 4, 1861: First Inaugural Address transcript icon February 11, 1861: Farewell Address transcript icon February 27, 1860: Cooper Union Address transcript icon June 16, 1858: "A House Divided" Speech transcript icon October 16, 1854: At Peoria, Illinois transcript icon July 6, 1852: Eulogy on Henry Clay transcript icon