1880 State of the Union Address
Address by US president Rutherford B. Hayes
The 1880 State of the Union Address was written by Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th United States president. In it he said these words,
- "Continued opposition to the full and free enjoyment of the rights of citizenship conferred upon the colored people by the recent amendments to the Constitution still prevails in several of the late slaveholding States." It was given on December 6, 1880, to both houses of the 46th United States Congress.[1]
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1880 State of the Union Address
- ^ "Rutherford B. Hayes - 92nd State of the Union Address". infoplease.com. December 6, 1880. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
Preceded by 1879 State of the Union Address | State of the Union addresses 1880 | Succeeded by 1881 State of the Union Address |
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- Legend: Address to Joint Session
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- Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts - † Included a detailed written supplement
- ‡ Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841) and James Garfield (1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union