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Woodrow Wilson was the NJ governor who became president.
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The State of the Union Address (or report) to Congress is required from time to time by the Constitution. Until Woodrow Wilson, the Presidents delivered their state of the union reports in writing,
President Wilson's second wife, Edith Galt Wilson, is from the state of Virginia.
No, the president does not have to deliver the State of the Union address in person. However, it has been a longstanding tradition for presidents to do so, as it allows them to directly address the American public and outline their agenda for the coming year. In recent history, the State of the Union address has typically been delivered in person before a joint session of Congress.
Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia, and as a small boy witnessed the Confederates marching down his road. But, Wilson had been President of Princeton University in New Jersey, and also Governor of New Jersey, before running for President, and was considered by most as being from Jersey.
it is delivered annually
Woodrow Wilson's Vice President was Thomas R. Marshall.
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Some people may have given this name to Edith Wilson. After President Wilson had a stroke, Mrs. Wilson controlled access to him and even screened state papers sent to him and decided what he needed to see.
The State of the Union Address is given by the President of the United States, who delivers this report to the congress, as required by the constitution (Article II, section 3) as one of the presidential duties. It did not always used to be speech-- it used to mainly be a report, delivered to the congress in writing. But since the time of President Woodrow Wilson, it has been delivered as a formal speech, not just a written report.
The State of the Union Address is delivered once a year by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress.