1872 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 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.^[1]

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Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869–1877) Commanding General of the United States Army 1865-1869
Life and politics	Early life and career Birth Place Boyhood home Grant Schoolhouse Point Pleasant, Ohio Grant Home
Military Career	Military Service Commanding General of the United States Army American Civil War Battle of Shiloh Battle of Appomattox Court House Campaigns Vicksburg Campaign Chattanooga Campaign Overland Campaign Petersburg Campaign Appomattox Campaign General of the Army Reconstruction Era
Presidency	First Term First inauguration Scandals Reforms Peace Policy Department of Justice XV Amendment Treaty of Washington Korean Expedition Pardons Cabinet State of the Union addresses 1869 1870 1871 1872 Second Term Reelection Second inauguration Comstock Laws Panic of 1873 Civil Rights Act Modoc War Great Sioux War Judicial appointments State of the Union addresses 1873 1874 1875 1876
Elections	Republican National Convention, 1868 1872 United States presidential election, 1868 1872
Post-presidency	Later life of Ulysses S. Grant Bid for a Third Term
Legacy	Bibliography Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Grant's Tomb Grant Park Grant Memorial Presidential library General Grant (ship) General Grant (tree) Grant Cottage State Historic Site Lee and Grant at Appomattox The Peacemakers Cultural depictions U.S. Postage stamps Currency $50 Bill Grant High School U.S. Grant Hotel
Family	Hannah Grant (mother) Julia Grant (wife) Frederick Dent Grant (son) Ulysses S. Grant Jr. (son) Jesse Root Grant (son) Nellie Grant (daughter) Ulysses S. Grant III (grandson) Chapman Grant (grandson) Ulysses S. Grant IV (grandson) Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant (granddaughter) Ulysses S. Grant V (great-grandson) Cincinnati (horse)
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