Source: Rutherford B. Hayes: Inaugural Address, March 5, 1877. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://goo.gl/REsidc. We have assembled to repeat the public ceremonial,
With a civil service organized upon a system which will secure purity, experience, efficiency, and economy, a strict regard for the public welfare solely in appointments, and the speedy, thorough,
President’s Annual Message, 46th Cong., 3rd sess., Congressional Record 11, p 1 S2. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1880/12/06. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the continued and increasing prosperity of
President’s Annual Message, 46th Cong., 2nd sess., Congressional Record 10, p 1 S2. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1879/12/01. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: The members of the Forty-sixth Congress have assembled in their
President’s Annual Message, 45th Cong., 3rd sess., Congressional Record 8, p 1 S3. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1878/12/02. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Our heartfelt gratitude is due to the Divine Being who
President’s Annual Message, 45th Cong., 2nd sess., Congressional Record 7, p. 2. https://www.congress.gov/bound-congressional-record/1877/12/03/senate-section. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: With devout gratitude to the bountiful Giver of All
