1912 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President William Howard Taft February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1912 State of the Union Address 1912 12 03 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address William H. TaftAugustus O. BaconFrank B. BrandegeeJacob H. GallingerChamp Clark Format Written Previous 1911 State of the Union Address Next 1913 State of the Union Address The 1912 State of the Union Address was given on Tuesday, December 3, 1912. It was written by William H. Taft, the 27th president of the United States. He stated, "The position of the United States in the moral, intellectual, and material relations of the family of nations should be a matter of vital interest to every patriotic citizen." He said, "Our small Army now consists of 83,809 men, excluding the 5,000 Philippine scouts. Leaving out of consideration the Coast Artillery force, whose position is fixed in our various seacoast defenses, and the present garrisons of our various insular possessions, we have to-day within the continental United States a mobile Army of only about 35,000 men. This little force must be still further drawn upon to supply the new garrisons for the great naval base which is being established at Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian Islands, and to protect the locks now rapidly approaching completion at Panama." http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/124.html State of the Union Address: William H. Taft (December 3, 1912) | Infoplease.com infoplease.com 2014-07-25 From a foreign affairs standpoint, the President commented on the increasing self-determination of the Philippine people including the establishment of schools for the benefit of the local population. Additionally, the President commented on the Panama Canal Act, passed in 1912. In domestic affairs, the President mentions the construction of the Lincoln Memorial and the President recommended the project's prompt approval.Annual Message to Congress (1912) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-part-i-1912/ 2024-12-31 Teaching American History en-US References William Howard Taft's Fourth State of the Union Address 1912 State of the Union Address 1911 State of the Union Address 1913 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1912 Category:Presidency of William Howard Taft Category:Speeches by William Howard Taft Category:62nd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1912 in the United States State of the Union Category:1910s State of the Union addresses