1805 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Thomas Jefferson February 2026 January 2025 September 2021 1805 State of the Union Address Lewis and clark-expedition.jpg Painting of the Lewis and Clark expedition in a canoe meeting some Native Americans. The expedition reached the Pacific coast in 1805 1805 12 3 Senate Chamber, United States CapitolJoint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 25 September 2024 en Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type:event inline,title State of the Union Address Thomas JeffersonGeorge ClintonNathaniel Macon Format Written Previous 1804 State of the Union Address Next 1806 State of the Union Address right|250px|thumb The 1805 State of the Union Address was given by the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, on Tuesday, December 3, 1805. He did not give it directly to the 9th United States Congress, but only presented his written address. It was the first of his second term in the White House. He began with, "At a moment when the nations of Europe are in commotion and arming against each other, and when those with whom we have principal intercourse are engaged in the general contest, and when the countenance of some of them toward our peaceable country threatens that even that may not be unaffected by what is passing on the general theater, a meeting of the representatives of the nation in both Houses of Congress has become more than usually desirable." He ended with, "On this first occasion of addressing Congress since, by the choice of my constituents, I have entered on a second term of administration, I embrace the opportunity to give this public assurance that I will exert my best endeavors to administer faithfully the executive department, and will zealously cooperate with you in every measure which may tend to secure the liberty, property, and personal safety of our fellow citizens, and to consolidate the republican forms and principles of our Government."https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/thomas-jefferson-december-3-1805 State of the Union Address: Thomas Jefferson (December 3, 1805) www.infoplease.com Notably, the President hailed the release of American prisoners of the Barbary War and also reported on various land acquisitions from Native Americans over the past year.Thomas Jefferson, 1805 State of the Union Address—December 3, 1805 http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/historicspeeches/jefferson/stateoftheunion.1805.html 2024-12-26 www.presidentialrhetoric.com References Thomas Jefferson's Fifth State of the Union Address 1805 State of the Union Address 1804 State of the Union Address 1806 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1805 Category:Speeches by Thomas Jefferson Category:Presidency of Thomas Jefferson State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:9th United States Congress Category:December 1805 Category:1800s State of the Union addresses Category:1805 works