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The 1861 State of the Union Address was written by the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and delivered to the 37th United States Congress, on Tuesday, December 3, 1861, amid the American Civil War, which had begun earlier in the year. [1] This was Lincoln's first State of the Union Address and the first since the start of ...
The State of the Union is the constitutionally mandated annual report by the president of the United States, the head of the U.S. federal executive departments, to the United States Congress, the U.S. federal legislative body. [1] William Henry Harrison (1841) and James A. Garfield (1881) died in their first year in office without delivering a ...
A dramatic shift in childbirth from home to hospital occurred in the United States in the early 20th century (mid–1920s to 1940). [4] Reflective of this trend, Jimmy Carter and all presidents born during and after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence. This sortable table ...
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The incumbent president is Joe Biden, who assumed office on January 20, 2021. [13] The president-elect is Donald Trump, who will assume office on January 20, 2025. [14][15] Trump will be the second president after Grover Cleveland to serve two non-consecutive terms, as the 45th and 47th president. [16]
The actual term "State of the Union" first emerged in 1934 when Franklin D. Roosevelt used the phrase, becoming its generally accepted name since 1947. [11] State of the Union (Four Freedoms) (January 6, 1941) Franklin Delano Roosevelt 's January 6, 1941 State of the Union Address, introducing the theme of the.
In this list of presidents of the United States by age, the first table charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of presidential inauguration (first inauguration if elected to multiple and consecutive terms), upon leaving office, and at the time of death. Where the president is still living, their lifespan and post ...
American Indian Wars. Black Hawk War. Battle of Stillman's Run (non-combatant) Battle of Kellogg's Grove (non-combatant) Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈlɪŋkən / LINK-ən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.