1801 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Thomas Jefferson February 2026 January 2025 September 2021 1801 State of the Union Address 1801 12 8 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 JeffersonAaron BurrNathaniel Macon Format Written Previous 1800 State of the Union Address Next 1802 State of the Union Address The 1801 State of the Union Address was written by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, on December 8, 1801. It was his first annual address and presented in Washington, D.C. He did not speak it to the 7th United States Congress because he thought that would make him seem like a king. A clerk instead read (in part): "Whilst we devoutly return thanks to the beneficent Being who has been pleased to breathe into them the spirit of conciliation and forgiveness, we are bound with peculiar gratitude to be thankful to Him that our own peace has been preserved through so perilous a season, and ourselves permitted quietly to cultivate the earth and to practice and improve those arts which tend to increase our comforts."https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-thomas-jefferson-december-8-1801 State of the Union Address: Thomas Jefferson (December 8, 1801) infoplease.com Notably, the President commented on the hostilities that existed with the Barbary States, in which Barbary Pirates were attacking US commerce ships. To respond to these threats the President said, "I sent a small squadron of frigates into the Mediterranean, with assurance to that power of our sincere desire to remain in peace, but with orders to protect our commerce against the threatened attack."First Annual Message The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/first-annual-message 2024-12-26 www.presidency.ucsb.edu References Thomas Jefferson's First State of the Union Address 1801 State of the Union Address 1800 State of the Union Address 1802 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1801 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:7th United States Congress Category:December 1801 Category:1800s State of the Union addresses Category:1801 works