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State of the Union Addresses of Woodrow Wilson
State of the Union Addresses of Woodrow Wilson Author:Woodrow Wilson President Woodrow Wilson was the first president to deliver the State of the Union Address outloud to Congress. He believed the presidency was dynamic and personal, and therefore didn't think that a written State of the Union report to Congress, as his predecessors had provided, was fitting. Wilson served as president from 1912-1920. He is cr... more »edited with the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Loan Act, but Wilson is best known for declaring war against the central powers, entering the United States into the "war to end all wars."« less