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Speech by US president John Adams
The
1800 State of the Union Address
was given by
John Adams
, the second president of the United States, on Tuesday, November 11, 1800, to a
joint session
of the
6th United States Congress
. It was the first
State of the Union Address
delivered at the new
United States Capitol
in
Washington, D.C.
Delivered in the
Senate chamber
, Adams began his speech by congratulating members on their new seat of government and?pointedly?"on the prospect of a residence not to be changed." He added, optimistically, "Although there is some cause to apprehend that accommodations are not now so complete as might be wished, yet there is great reason to believe that this inconvenience will cease with the present session." This would be the last annual message any president would personally deliver to Congress for the next 113 years.
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This would be the last State of the Union address delivered as a speech until
Woodrow Wilson
deliver the
1913 State of the Union Address
, as President
Thomas Jefferson
delivered the
1801 State of the Union Address
as a written message because he felt a speech to Congress felt too monarchical.
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- Legend:
Address to Joint Session
- Written message
- Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
- †
Included a detailed written supplement
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Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents
William Henry Harrison
(1841) and
James Garfield
(1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union
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