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The 1949 State of the Union Address was given by Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, on Wednesday, January 5, 1949, to the 81st United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [1] It was Truman's fourth State of the Union Address.
It was Truman's second State of the Union Address; however, it was his first State of the Union Address to be delivered as a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg.
The Fair Deal was a set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in 1945 and in his January 1949 State of the Union Address. More generally, the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration , from 1945 to 1953.
The 1946 State of the Union Address was given by the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, on Monday, January 21, 1946, to the 79th United States Congress. It was written by Samuel Rosenman [ 1 ] and is notable for being the longest State of the Union message at the time: the written speech was sent to Congress, not orally given ...
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Unfazed, Truman delivered an aggressive acceptance speech attacking the 80th Congress, labeling it the "Do Nothing Congress." [ 283 ] For his running mate, Truman accepted Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley after his preferred candidate, Justice William O. Douglas, turned down the nomination.
In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson gave his address in person before Congress, ... President Harry Truman gave the first televised address in 1947, followed by Johnson's shift to an evening speech ...
The Turnip Day Session (or "Turnip Day" session) was a special session of the 80th Congress that began on July 26, 1948 and ended on August 3. [1] President Harry Truman called Congress to convene on that date during his acceptance speech two weeks earlier during the 1948 Democratic National Convention.