It actually was not that short. President Lincoln's second Inaugural Address was approximately 700 words in length. You are probably thinking of President George Washington's second Inaugural Address, which was the shortest Presidential Inaugural Address in history, to date.
To abolish slavery
Jefferson Davis delivered his first and only Inaugural Address on February 18, 1861.
Because it said what needed to be said and no more.
An "inaugural address" is the speech a president gives when he is inaugurated (or takes the oath of office). Ronald Reagan was elected in both 1980 and 1984, so he gave two inaugural addresses - the first one when he first took the oath of office in January 2001.
Yes and no. His first inaugural was in NYC, since it was the capital, but he gave a second inaugural address in Philadelphia as well.
His first inaugural was on March 4, 1817His second inaugural address as on March 5, 1821 since March 4 was on Sunday.
During his First Inaugural address, he asked the South to refrain from seceding from the Union. During his Second Inaugural address, he did not address the South, directly but he spoke to the nation, as a whole.
The Cold War was the context in which John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address.
March 4, 1861. He gave his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865.
in Canada
Lincoln's first inaugural address was on MArch 4, 1861!!