1901 State of the Union Address was given on Tuesday , December 3 , 1901 , by the 26th President of the United States , Theodore Roosevelt . It was presented to both houses of the 57th United States Congress , but he was not present . He stated , " The Congress assembles this year under the shadow of a great calamity . On the sixth of September , President McKinley was shot by an anarchist while attending the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo , and died in that city on the fourteenth of that month . " He concluded it with , " Indeed , from every quarter of the civilized world we received , at the time of the President 's death , assurances of such grief and regard as to touch the hearts of our people . In the midst of our affliction we reverently thank the Almighty that we are at peace with the nations of mankind ; and we firmly intend that our policy shall be such as to continue unbroken these international relations of mutual respect and good will . "
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1901 State of the Union Address