1865 State of the Union Address

Address by US president Andrew Johnson

1865 State of the Union Address
Date	December 4, 1865 (1865-12-04)
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. 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." The result was generally high-toned and well received.

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."

v t e Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States (1865–1869) 16th Vice President of the United States (1865) Senator from Tennessee (1857–1862, 1875) 15th Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1862–1865)
Pre-presidency	Homestead Acts Southern Unionist War Democrat 1864 U.S. presidential election 1864 National Union Convention Drunk vice-presidential inaugural address Kirkwood House
Presidency	Inauguration of Andrew Johnson Foreign policy Judicial appointments Reconstruction era Pardons for ex-Confederates State of the Union, 1865 1866 1867 1868 Colorado Territory Alaska Purchase Reconstruction Acts Judicial Circuits Act Civil Rights Act of 1866 Southern Homestead Act of 1866 Tenure of Office Act Command of Army Act Vetoes Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Trial First impeachment inquiry Second impeachment inquiry Efforts to impeach Andrew Johnson 1868 impeachment managers investigation Politics: National Union Party 1866 National Union Convention Swing Around the Circle 1866 & 1867 U.S. House elections 1868 Democratic Convention
Public image	Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Andrew Johnson National Historic Site President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library Andy's Trip (1866) Southern Justice (1867) Amphitheatrum Johnsonianum (1867) Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Family	Eliza McCardle Johnson (wife) Martha Johnson Patterson (daughter) David T. Patterson (son-in-law) Charles Johnson (son) Mary Johnson Stover (daughter) Daniel Stover (son-in-law) Robert Johnson (son) Frank Johnson (son)
Slaves	Andrew Johnson and slavery Henry Brown Elizabeth J. Forby Dolly Johnson Henry Johnson Sam Johnson William A. Johnson Florence J. Smith
Related	Bibliography of Andrew Johnson Alcoholism debate Mrs. Harold Ledger-removal allegation Buell Commission records Treason must be made odious
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