1934 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1934 State of the Union Address 1934 01 03 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 Franklin D. RooseveltJohn Nance GarnerJo Byrns Previous 1932 State of the Union Address Next 1935 State of the Union Address The 1934 State of the Union Address was given on Wednesday, January 3, 1934, by the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was the first State of the Union address to be given in January since George Washington's first State of the Union Address in 1790. Themes The President discussed the improvement of the unemployment rate in the country and the effectiveness of the National Industrial Recovery Act towards restarting the economy. Additionally, the President mentions the Agriculture Adjustment Act towards stabilizing farm prices.Annual Message to Congress The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/annual-message-congress-4 2025-01-14 www.presidency.ucsb.edu Quotations Now that we are definitely in the process of recovery, lines have been rightly drawn between those to whom this recovery means a return to old methods—and the number of these people is small—and those for whom recovery means a reform of many old methods, a permanent readjustment of many of our ways of thinking and therefore of many of our social and economic arrangements...https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-franklin-d-roosevelt-january-3-1934 State of the Union Address: Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 3, 1934) www.infoplease.com President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934 State of the Union address Civilization cannot go back; civilization must not stand still. We have undertaken new methods. It is our task to perfect, to improve, to alter when necessary, but in all cases to go forward. To consolidate what we are doing, to make our economic and social structure capable of dealing with modern life is the joint task of the legislative, the judicial, and the executive branches of the national Government. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1934 State of the Union address See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1934 References Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First State of the Union Address 1934 State of the Union Address 1932 State of the Union Address 1935 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1934 Category:Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt Category:Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt Category:73rd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:January 1934 in the United States Category:1930s State of the Union addresses