1872 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Ulysses S. Grant February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1872 State of the Union Address File:American_Progress_(John_Gast_painting).jpg This famous painting by John Gast in 1872 shows Manifest Destiny, the belief in westward expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It was widely distributed as an engraving called "Spirit of the Frontier". Settlers are moving west, guided and protected by Columbia, aided by modern technology like railroads, and driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. Columbia represents America, dressed in a Roman toga to represent classical republicanism, and brings the enlightened east to the darkened west 1872 12 02 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Ulysses S. GrantSchuyler ColfaxJames G. Blaine Format Written Previous 1871 State of the Union Address Next 1873 State of the Union Address The 1872 State of the Union Address was given by Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th United States president, on December 2, 1872. He did not speak it to the 42nd United States Congress, because that was the custom at the time. He said, "In transmitting to you this my fourth annual message it is with thankfulness to the Giver of All Good that as a nation we have been blessed for the past year with peace at home, peace abroad, and a general prosperity vouchsafed to but few peoples." It was given during the Reconstruction Era, when African Americans were freed.http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/84.html State of the Union Address: Ulysses S. Grant (December 2, 1872) | Infoplease.com infoplease.com 2014-07-25 Notably, the President's address contained mention of the 1873 Vienna International Exposition and that money was being allocated to American exhibitors participating in the exposition. In foreign policy matters, the President mentioned disapproval towards the slow progress in abolition of slavery in Cuba.Annual Message to Congress (1872) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-74/ 2024-12-28 Teaching American History en-US References Ulysses S. Grant's Fourth State of the Union Address 1872 State of the Union Address 1871 State of the Union Address 1873 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1872 Category:Speeches by Ulysses S. Grant Category:Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Category:Works by Ulysses S. Grant Category:42nd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1872 in the United States Category:1870s State of the Union addresses Category:1872 works