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Andrew Johnson's drunk vice-presidential inaugural address
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Andrew Johnson was intoxicated when he made his inaugural address as vice president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln on March 4, 1865. Multiple sources suggest Johnson had been drunk for at least a week prior, he drank heavily the night before the inauguration, and he consumed either three glasses of whisky or one

Extra credit to the Buffalo Courier correspondent who transcribed all of Andrew Johnson's drunken hiccups

Andy Johnson's Inaugural.
The Washington correspondent of the Buffalo Courier has finally given to the country the maudlin speech of the Vice President, as taken down at the time. Those who were present, say it is a gra-phic description of the scene:
Fel' cizzens, this 's mos (hic) 'spicious mom't v' my zistence 'ni may (hic) say v' my 1 (hic) ife; ni' mere t' swear (hic) leshens t' ol Dabe 'n t' sport consushun, n' tseet consushun (hic) sported 'tall azurs. D'u (hic) know y am' [with emphasis] my name's And' Johnson' v Tensee n' im a pul a (hic) pul-le-an 'n ol Dabe's a pal-le-an n' im a plean (hic) an th' constushue d'rives 'ts (hic) cons't from pleeans. The consushun 's (hic) a stri (hic) ing sturment 'n I f'l'ere b'fore the Sen't that 'fi know (hic) my-sel I'm a man n'a (hic) broth'n Amekin cizzen, and [with distinctness] I'm a proud listration' v th' fac that a (hic) pleean'n a man from the (hic) ranks can be elv (hic) ated t' th' secon, t'th' secon [with marked emphasis gif'in

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