1895 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Grover Cleveland February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1895 State of the Union Address 1895 12 02 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 Grover Cleveland Adlai Stevenson Thomas B. Reed Format Written Previous 1894 State of the Union Address Next 1896 State of the Union Address The 1895 State of the Union Address was written by Grover Cleveland. It was presented on Monday, December 2, 1895, to both houses of the 54th United States Congress. He said, "Although but one American citizen was reported to have been actually wounded, and although the destruction of property may have fallen more heavily upon the missionaries of other nationalities than our own, it plainly behooved this Government to take the most prompt and decided action to guard against similar or perhaps more dreadful calamities befalling the hundreds of American mission stations which have grown up throughout the interior of China under the temperate rule of toleration, custom, and imperial edict.https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-grover-cleveland-december-2-1895 State of the Union Address: Grover Cleveland (December 2, 1895) www.infoplease.com In foreign policy, the President mentions the end of the First Sino-Japanese War and the importance of the new government in China to guard the various American mission stations in China. Additionally, the President mentions the opening of the new Kiel Canal in Germany, in the presence of the US Navy. A large portion of the address is dedicated to monetary policy, the President supported the gold standard.Annual Message to Congress (1895) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-95/ 2024-12-31 Teaching American History en-US References Grover Cleveland's Seventh State of the Union Address 1895 State of the Union Address 1894 State of the Union Address 1896 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1895 Category:Presidencies of Grover Cleveland Category:53rd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:1890s State of the Union addresses