1876 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Ulysses S. Grant February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1876 State of the Union Address Horticultural_Hall,_from_Robert_N._Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_3.jpg Centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 1876 12 05 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type:event inline,title State of the Union Address Ulysses S. GrantThomas W. FerrySamuel J. Randall Format Written Previous 1875 State of the Union Address Next 1877 State of the Union Address The 1876 State of the Union Address was given by the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, on Tuesday, December 5, 1876. In it he said these words, "Reconstruction Era, as finally agreed upon, means this and only this, except that the late slave was enfranchised, giving an increase, as was supposed, to the Union-loving and Union-supporting votes. If free in the full sense of the word, they would not disappoint this expectation. Hence at the beginning of my first Administration the work of reconstruction, much embarrassed by the long delay, virtually commenced."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/88.html State of the Union Address: Ulysses S. Grant (December 5, 1876) InfoPlease 7 February 2018 In foreign policy matters, the President mentions the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 with the Kingdom of Hawaii. In domestic matters the President hailed the success of the Centennial Exposition.Annual Message to Congress (1876) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-78/ 2024-12-28 Teaching American History en-US References Ulysses S. Grant's Eighth State of the Union Address 1876 State of the Union Address 1875 State of the Union Address 1877 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1876 Category:Speeches by Ulysses S. Grant Category:Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Category:44th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:1876 documents Category:December 1876 in the United States Category:1870s State of the Union addresses Category:1876 works