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The 1860 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. It was read on Monday, December 3, 1860, to both houses of the 36th United States Congress, by a clerk. He stated, "Why is it, then, that discontent now so extensively prevails, and the Union of the States, which is the source of all ...
This category features all State of the Union addresses given in the 1860s. Pages in category "1860s State of the Union addresses" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The State of the Union is the constitutionally mandated annual report by the president of the United States, the head of the U.S. federal executive departments, to the United States Congress, the U.S. federal legislative body. [1] William Henry Harrison (1841) and James A. Garfield (1881) died in their first year in office without delivering a ...
The U.S. Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their ...
The 1861 State of the Union Address was written by the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and delivered to the 37th United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 3, 1861, amid the American Civil War, which had begun earlier in the year. [1]
This was the first time since 1801 that such an address was made in person before a joint session of Congress, [1] initiating the modern trend with regard to the State of the Union address. [2] The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session ...
A black '1870' pin to be worn by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others at the State of the Union address Tuesday night. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos courtesy of the ...
An official secession convention met in South Carolina following the November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, on a platform opposing the expansion of slavery into U.S. territories. [4] On December 20, 1860, the convention issued an ordinance of secession announcing the state's withdrawal from the union. [5]