[Verginius Rufus]

In Washington's case it was an attempt to "advise and consent" with the Senate, but it proved too awkward for the senators to have the President present that the experiment was not repeated.

I believe Washington and Adams delivered their state of the Union messages in person. Jefferson did not like making public speeches so he sent a written message which was followed by all of his successors until Woodrow Wilson revived the practice of giving a speech in person.

Teddy Roosevelt was still alive and was mad that it had never occurred to him to do that (he always wanted to be the center of attention).

[FredZarguna]

As Alice Roosevelt — quite the narcissist herself — said of her father: “He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening.” Such was the man who first bethought himself of violating Washington's precedent. Sadly, his distant cousin and niece's husband succeeded.