This address, longer than Washington's first State of the Union Address earlier in 1790, consisted of 1,401 words.[3]
The address contained the President's thoughts on recent incursions by bands of Native Americans into frontier settlements in Ohio and his plan to deploy the militia to deal with the issue. Additionally, the President urged the prompt creation of an official militia, a mint, a standards organization to determine weights and measures, a postal service, and a body to oversee road building.[4]
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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