1865 State of the Union Address
Date | December 4, 1865 (1865-12-04) |
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Type | State of the Union Address |
Participants | Andrew Johnson |
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The 1865 State of the Union Address was written by historian George Bancroft and read to the Congress by Robert Johnson, the son and personal secretary of the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson.[1] According to one historian, "Johnson had sent Bancroft only two suggestions: passages from Thomas Jefferson's inaugural and from a speech by Charles James Fox."[1] The result was generally high-toned and well received.[1]
It was presented to the United States Congress on Monday, December 4, 1865. The text stated, "Our thoughts next revert to the death of the late President by an act of parricidal treason. The grief of the nation is still fresh. It finds some solace in the consideration that he lived to enjoy the highest proof of its confidence by entering on the renewed term of the Chief Magistracy to which he had been elected; that he brought the civil war substantially to a close; that his loss was deplored in all parts of the Union, and that foreign nations have rendered justice to his memory."[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Barber, James D. (1968). "Adult Identity and Presidential Style: The Rhetorical Emphasis". Daedalus. 97 (3): 938–968. ISSN 0011-5266. JSTOR 20023846.
- ^ "State of the Union Address: Andrew Johnson (December 4, 1865)". www.infoplease.com.
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