1913 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Woodrow Wilson February 2026 February 2025 1913 State of the Union Address CONGRESS, U.S. OPENING MESSAGE, 63RD CONGRESS.jpg Woodrow Wilson giving his State of the Union address 1913 12 02 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall Champ Clark Previous 1912 State of the Union Address Next 1914 State of the Union Address The 1913 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, on Tuesday, December 2, 1913. It was given directly to the 63rd United States Congress by the president as a speech. Wilson was the first to deliver it as a speech, rather than a written message, since John Adams in 1800.Frederick N. Rasmussen. "Woodrow Wilson revived the tradition of the oral State of the Union address". The Baltimore Sun, 29 January 2011. With a few exceptions, all addresses since then have been given directly following Wilson's lead.Jaime Fuller. "Ranking the SOTU: The 5th best State of the Union address". The Washington Post, 24 January 2014. It was his first State of the Union Address. He stated, "The country, I am thankful to say, is at peace with all the world, and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations, foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/125.html State of the Union Address: Woodrow Wilson (December 2, 1913) 23 January 2017 The speech was just over 3,500 words and took 28 minutes to read. On foreign policy related to the Philippines the president said: “ At last, I hope and believe, we are beginning to gain the confidence of the Filipino peoples. By their counsel and experience, rather than by our own, we shall learn how best to serve them and how soon it will be possible and wise to withdraw our supervision. Let us once find the path and set out with firm and confident tread upon it and we shall not wander from it or linger upon it.” References Woodrow Wilson's First State of the Union Address 1913 State of the Union Address 1912 State of the Union Address 1914 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1913 Category:Speeches by Woodrow Wilson Category:Presidency of Woodrow Wilson Category:63rd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1913 in the United States Category:1910s State of the Union addresses