William Henry Harrison's 1841 speech was the longest, clocking in at 8,460 words and taking 1 hour and 45 minutes to deliver on a particularly blustery day. He died exactly a month into his ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will deliver his eighth State of the State address on Wednesday, marking a historic ...

From George Washington to Today, a Look at the Precedent for the Inaugural Address Claire Jerry, Political History Curator ... He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example ...

She is the country's only finance minister to present eight Union Budgets and ahe also holds the record for the longest Budget speech in history. India's first budget as an independent country ...

NBC's analysis of past inauguration speeches shows they have generally become simpler, with a vital theme emerging in recent years: unity among Americans. Inaugural addresses have long served to ...