List of State of the Union addresses

Annual report by the president of the United States

This is a list of State of the Union addresses. The State of the Union is the constitutionally mandated annual report by the president of the United States, the head of the U.S. federal executive departments, to the United States Congress, the U.S. federal legislative body.[1]

William Henry Harrison (1841) and James A. Garfield (1881) died in their first year in office without delivering a State of the Union.

Before 1933, the State of the Union was delivered at the end of the calendar year. The ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933 changed the opening of Congress from early March to early January, affecting the delivery of the annual message. There was none in 1933, and since 1934 it has been in January, February or March.[2]

There were unofficial addresses by incoming presidents in 1981, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2017 and 2021.

## List

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Year  | President  | Format  | Date  | Word Count[3] | Time (Minutes)[4]

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Jan 1790 | George Washington | Spoken  | Jan. 8  | 1,089  | Unknown
Dec 1790 | Dec. 8  | 1,401
1791 | Oct. 25  | 2,302
1792 | Nov. 6  | 2,101
1793 | Dec. 3  | 1,968
1794 | Nov. 19  | 2,918
1795 | Dec. 8  | 1,989
1796 | Dec. 7  | 2,871
1797 | John Adams | Spoken  | Nov. 22  | 2,063
1798 | Dec. 8  | 2,218
1799 | Dec. 3  | 1,505
1800 | Nov. 22  | 1,372
1801 | Thomas Jefferson | Written  | Dec. 8  | 3,224  | —
1802 | Dec. 15  | 2,197  | —
1803 | Oct. 17  | 2,263  | —
1804 | Nov. 8  | 2,096  | —
1805 | Dec. 3  | 2,927  | —
1806 | Dec. 2  | 2,860  | —
1807 | Oct. 27  | 2,384  | —
1808 | Nov. 8  | 2,675  | —
1809 | James Madison | Written  | Nov. 29  | 1,831  | —
1810 | Dec. 5  | 2,446  | —
1811 | Nov. 5  | 2,273  | —
1812 | Nov. 4  | 3,242  | —
1813 | Dec. 7  | 3,257  | —
1814 | Sep. 20  | 2,111  | —
1815 | Dec. 5  | 3,146  | —
1816 | Dec. 3  | 3,364  | —
1817 | James Monroe | Written  | Dec. 12  | 4,418  | —
1818 | Nov. 16  | 4,376  | —
1819 | Dec. 7  | 4,702  | —
1820 | Nov. 14  | 3,446  | —
1821 | Dec. 3  | 5,814  | —
1822 | Dec. 3  | 4,723  | —
1823 | Dec. 2  | 6,358  | —
1824 | Dec. 7  | 8,400  | —
1825 | John Quincy Adams | Written  | Dec. 6  | 8,985  | —
1826 | Dec. 5  | 7,705  | —
1827 | Dec. 4  | 6,917  | —
1828 | Dec. 2  | 7,282  | —
1829 | Andrew Jackson | Written  | Dec. 8  | 10,525  | —
1830 | Dec. 6  | 15,114  | —
1831 | Dec. 6  | 7,178  | —
1832 | Dec. 4  | 7,863  | —
1833 | Dec. 3  | 7,877  | —
1834 | Dec. 1  | 13,411  | —
1835 | Dec. 7  | 10,825  | —
1836 | Dec. 5  | 12,367  | —
1837 | Martin Van Buren | Written  | Dec. 5  | 11,449  | —
1838 | Dec. 3  | 11,488  | —
1839 | Dec. 2  | 13,431  | —
1840 | Dec. 5  | 8,991  | —
—  | William Henry Harrison | —  | —  | —  | —
1841 | John Tyler | Written  | Dec. 7  | 8,241  | —
1842 | Dec. 6  | 8,417  | —
1843 | Dec. 5  | 8,036  | —
1844 | Dec. 3  | 9,318  | —
1845 | James K. Polk | Written  | Dec. 2  | 16,111  | —
1846 | Dec. 8  | 18,222  | —
1847 | Dec. 7  | 16,414  | —
1848 | Dec. 5  | 21,309  | —
1849 | Zachary Taylor | Written  | Dec. 4  | 7,617  | —
1850 | Millard Fillmore | Written  | Dec. 2  | 8,322  | —
1851 | Dec. 2  | 13,244  | —
1852 | Dec. 6  | 9,929  | —
1853 | Franklin Pierce | Written  | Dec. 5  | 9,590  | —
1854 | Dec. 4  | 10,139  | —
1855 | Dec. 31  | 11,612  | —
1856 | Dec. 2  | 10,486  | —
1857 | James Buchanan | Written  | Dec. 8  | 13,655  | —
1858 | Dec. 6  | 16,349  | —
1859 | Dec. 19  | 12,336  | —
1860 | Dec. 3  | 14,049  | —
1861 | Abraham Lincoln | Written  | Dec. 3  | 6,987  | —
1862 | Dec. 1  | 8,385  | —
1863 | Dec. 8  | 6,114  | —
1864 | Dec. 6  | 5,865  | —
1865 | Andrew Johnson | Written  | Dec. 4  | 9,232  | —
1866 | Dec. 3  | 7,134  | —
1867 | Dec. 3  | 12,002  | —
1868 | Dec. 9  | 9,834  | —
1869 | Ulysses S. Grant | Written  | Dec. 6  | 7,706  | —
1870 | Dec. 5  | 8,743  | —
1871 | Dec. 4  | 6,459  | —
1872 | Dec. 2  | 10,102  | —
1873 | Dec. 1  | 10,026  | —
1874 | Dec. 7  | 9,819  | —
1875 | Dec. 7  | 12,211  | —
1876 | Dec. 5  | 6,799  | —
1877 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Written  | Dec. 3  | 10,724  | —
1878 | Dec. 2  | 7,879  | —
1879 | Dec. 1  | 11,635  | —
1880 | Dec. 6  | 13,347  | —
—  | James A. Garfield | —  | —  | —  | —
1881 | Chester A. Arthur | Written  | Dec. 6  | 13,321  | —
1882 | Dec. 4  | 10,274  | —
1883 | Dec. 4  | 8,363  | —
1884 | Dec. 1  | 8,917  | —
1885 | Grover Cleveland | Written  | Dec. 8  | 19,960  | —
1886 | Dec. 6  | 15,285  | —
1887 | Dec. 6  | 5,290  | —
1888 | Dec. 3  | 13,226  | —
1889 | Benjamin Harrison | Written  | Dec. 1  | 13,004  | —
1890 | Dec. 1  | 11,522  | —
1891 | Dec. 9  | 16,306  | —
1892 | Dec. 6  | 13,680  | —
1893 | Grover Cleveland | Written  | Dec. 4  | 12,282  | —
1894 | Dec. 3  | 15,892  | —
1895 | Dec. 2  | 14,670  | —
1896 | Dec. 7  | 15,453  | —
1897 | William McKinley | Written  | Dec. 6  | 12,113  | —
1898 | Dec. 5  | 20,224  | —
1899 | Dec. 5  | 22,831  | —
1900 | Dec. 3  | 19,142  | —
1901 | Theodore Roosevelt | Written  | Dec. 3  | 19,616  | —
1902 | Dec. 5  | 9,782  | —
1903 | Dec. 7  | 14,943  | —
1904 | Dec. 6  | 17,415  | —
1905 | Dec. 5  | 25,071  | —
1906 | Dec. 3  | 23,609  | —
1907 | Dec. 3  | 27,397  | —
1908 | Dec. 8  | 19,411  | —
1909 | William Howard Taft | Written  | Dec. 7  | 13,901  | —
1910 | Dec. 6  | 27,651  | —
1911 | Dec. 5  | 23,744[a] | —
1912 | Dec. 3  | 25,161[b] | —
1913 | Woodrow Wilson | Spoken  | Dec. 2  | 3,553  | Unknown
1914 | Dec. 8  | 4,537
1915 | Dec. 7  | 7,687
1916 | Dec. 5  | 2,118
1917 | Dec. 4  | 3,913
1918 | Dec. 2  | 5,463
1919 | Written  | Dec. 2  | 4,756  | —
1920 | Dec. 7  | 2,706  | —
1921 | Warren G. Harding | Spoken  | Dec. 6  | 5,606  | Unknown
1922 | Dec. 8  | 5,748
1923 | Calvin Coolidge | Spoken  | Dec. 6  | 6,706
1924 | Written  | Dec. 3  | 6,968  | —
1925 | Dec. 8  | 10,848  | —
1926 | Dec. 7  | 10,305  | —
1927 | Dec. 6  | 8,777  | —
1928 | Dec. 4  | 8,061  | —
1929 | Herbert Hoover | Written  | Dec. 3  | 10,994  | —
1930 | Dec. 5  | 4,536  | —
1931 | Dec. 8  | 5,682  | —
1932 | Dec. 6  | 4,201  | —
1933  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Spoken  | Jan. 3  | 2,230  | Unknown
1935 | Jan. 4  | 3,525
1936 | Jan. 3  | 3,826  | 50[6]
1937 | Jan. 6  | 2,732  | Unknown
1938 | Jan. 3  | 4,697
1939 | Jan. 4  | 3,768
1940 | Jan. 3  | 3,196
1941 | Jan. 6  | 3,312
1942 | Jan. 6  | 3,511
1943 | Jan. 7  | 4,588
1944 | Written  | Jan. 11  | 3,805  | —
1945 | Jan. 6  | 8,211  | —
1946 | Harry S. Truman | Written  | Jan. 21  | 27,465  | —
1947 | Spoken  | Jan. 6  | 6,028  | Unknown
1948 | Jan. 7  | 5,094
1949 | Jan. 5  | 3,401
1950 | Jan. 4  | 5,130
1951 | Jan. 8  | 3,994
1952 | Jan. 9  | 5,369
1953 | Written  | Jan. 7  | 9,683  | —
1953 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Spoken  | Feb. 2  | 6,973  | 56[7]
1954 | Jan. 7  | 5,985  | 52[8]
1955 | Jan. 6  | 7,250  | 53[8]
1956 | Written  | Jan. 5  | 8,265  | —
1957 | Spoken  | Jan. 10  | 4,137  | 33[9]
1958 | Jan. 9  | 4,915  | 44[10]
1959 | Jan. 9  | 4,933  | 42[11]
1960 | Jan. 7  | 5,633  | 45 [12]
1961 | Written  | Jan. 12  | 6,210  | —
1961 | John F. Kennedy | Spoken  | Jan. 30  | 5,274  | 43[13]
1962 | Jan. 11  | 6,569  | 53[14]
1963 | Jan. 14  | 5,470  | 43[15]
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Spoken  | Jan. 8  | 3,168  | 41
1965 | Jan. 4  | 4,399  | 47
1966 | Jan. 12  | 5,542  | 51
1967 | Jan. 10  | 7,195  | 71
1968 | Jan. 17  | 4,914  | 50
1969 | Jan. 14  | 4,115  | 44
1970 | Richard Nixon | Spoken  | Jan. 22  | 4,457  | 37
1971 | Jan. 22  | 4,508  | 33
1972 | Jan. 20  | 3,976  | 29
1973 | Written  | Feb. 2  | 27,147[c] | —
1974 | Spoken  | Jan. 30  | 5,144  | 43
1975 | Gerald Ford | Spoken  | Jan. 15  | 4,126  | 41
1976 | Jan. 19  | 4,948  | 51
1977 | Jan. 12  | 4,727  | 45
1978 | Jimmy Carter | Spoken  | Jan. 19  | 4,580  | 46
1979 | Jan. 25  | 3,257  | 33
1980 | Jan. 21  | 3,412  | 32
1981 | Written  | Jan. 16  | 33,667  | —
1981[d] | Ronald Reagan | Spoken  | Feb. 18  | 4,446  | 33
1982 | Jan. 26  | 5,154  | 40
1983 | Jan. 25  | 5,554  | 46
1984 | Jan. 25  | 4,931  | 43
1985 | Feb. 6  | 4,214  | 40
1986 | Feb. 4  | 3,514  | 31
1987 | Jan. 27  | 3,847  | 35
1988 | Jan. 25  | 4,955  | 44
1989[d] | George H. W. Bush | Spoken  | Feb. 9  | 4,811  | 48
1990 | Jan. 31  | 3,777  | 36
1991 | Jan. 29  | 3,823  | 47
1992 | Jan. 28  | 5,012  | 51
1993[d] | Bill Clinton | Spoken  | Feb. 17  | 7,003  | 66
1994 | Jan. 25  | 7,432  | 64
1995 | Jan. 24  | 9,190  | 85
1996 | Jan. 23  | 6,317  | 67
1997 | Feb. 4  | 6,774  | 64
1998 | Jan. 27  | 7,303  | 77
1999 | Jan. 19  | 7,514  | 79
2000 | Jan. 27  | 7,452  | 89
2001[d] | George W. Bush | Spoken  | Feb. 27  | 4,362  | 49
2002 | Jan. 29  | 3,878  | 48
2003 | Jan. 28  | 5,413  | 60
2004 | Jan. 20  | 5,229  | 54
2005 | Feb. 2  | 5,096  | 53
2006 | Jan. 31  | 5,323  | 51
2007 | Jan. 23  | 5,590  | 49
2008 | Jan. 28  | 5,760  | 53
2009[d] | Barack Obama | Spoken  | Feb. 24  | 5,902  | 52
2010 | Jan. 27  | 7,304  | 69
2011 | Jan. 25  | 6,878  | 62
2012 | Jan. 24  | 7,059  | 65
2013 | Feb. 12  | 6,775  | 60
2014 | Jan. 28  | 6,989  | 65
2015 | Jan. 20  | 6,718  | 60
2016 | Jan. 12  | 6,044  | 59
2017[d] | Donald Trump | Spoken  | Feb. 28  | 5,006  | 60
2018 | Jan. 30  | 5,839  | 81
2019 | Feb. 5  | 5,540  | 82
2020 | Feb. 4  | 6,217  | 78
2021[d] | Joe Biden | Spoken  | Apr. 28  | 8,003  | 65
2022 | Mar. 1  | 7,705  | 62
2023 | Feb. 7  | 9,216  | 73
2024 | Mar. 7  | 8,078  | 67

1. ^ In 1911 President Taft submitted his written message in four parts on Dec. 5, Dec. 7, Dec. 20, and Dec. 21. This word count includes all four parts.[5]
2. ^ In 1912 President Taft submitted his written message in three parts on Dec. 3, Dec. 6, and Dec. 19. This word count includes all three parts.[5]
3. ^ In 1973 President Nixon delivered a series of six written State of the Union messages to Congress from Feb. 2 to Mar. 14. One message was an overview, followed by five additional messages each of which focused on a specific public policy theme. This word count includes all six messages.[5]
4. ^ a b c d e f g Starting in 1981, first-term Presidents have been invited to address a joint session of Congress shortly after their inauguration. These have reflected the style of a State of the Union address but are not officially titled as a "State of the Union." Since 1989 the opposition party has offered a response.[16]

## See also

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* Article Two of the United States Constitution § Section 3: Presidential responsibilities
* List of joint sessions of the United States Congress

## References

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1. ^ "U.S. Senate: About Traditions & Symbols | State of the Union". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
2. ^ "The Speech: Where and When". History, Art & Archives.
3. ^ Peters, Gerhard. "Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses in Words". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
4. ^ Peters, Gerhard. "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1964)". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
5. ^ a b c Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (2024). "Annual Messages to Congress on the State of the Union (Washington 1790 - the present)". Retrieved March 13, 2024.
6. ^ "The First Evening Annual Message". Office of the Historian of the House of Representatives. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
7. ^ "GOP Greets President With Cheer a Minute". Philadelphia Inquirer. February 3, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2024. "Hand clapping was heard 55 times during the 56-minute speech, mostly from the GOP side of the aisle."
8. ^ a b "Speeches". Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home. United States National Archives. August 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
9. ^ "Ike In Plea For Vigilance". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. January 11, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2024. "Dressed in a conservative gray business suit, Eisenhower stood for 33 minutes before a combined, undemonstrative Senate-House session in the klieg-lit House chamber."
10. ^ "First Lady Receives Double Ovation in House Gallery". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. January 10, 1958. p. 9. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
11. ^ "Ike Challenges Democrats In 'State of Union' Speech". Great Falls Tribune. January 10, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
12. ^ "January 7, 1960: State of the Union Address". Miller Center. University of Virginia. 13 July 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
13. ^ "January 30, 1961: State of the Union". Miller Center. University of Virginia. 20 October 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
14. ^ "January 11, 1962: State of the Union Address". Miller Center. University of Virginia. 20 October 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
15. ^ "January 14, 1963: State of the Union Address". Miller Center. University of Virginia. 20 October 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
16. ^ The President's State of the Union Address: Tradition, Function, and Policy Implications (PDF). Congressional Research Service. January 24, 2014. p. 2.

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Portal:State of the Union

* American Presidency Project (UCSB.edu) - Table of all States of the Union

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* e

State of the Union (list)

* Joint session of Congress
* list
* President's guests
* Designated survivor
* Responses
* State of the State
* State of the City

| Washington|

* Jan. 1790
* Dec. 1790
* 1791
* 1792

* 1793
* 1794
* 1795
* 1796

J. Adams|

* 1797
* 1798
* 1799
* 1800

Jefferson|

* 1801
* 1802
* 1803
* 1804

* 1805
* 1806
* 1807
* 1808

Madison|

* 1809
* 1810
* 1811
* 1812

* 1813
* 1814
* 1815
* 1816

Monroe|

* 1817
* 1818
* 1819
* 1820

* 1821
* 1822
* 1823 (Monroe Doctrine)
* 1824

J. Q. Adams|

* 1825
* 1826
* 1827
* 1828

Jackson|

* 1829
* 1830
* 1831
* 1832

* 1833
* 1834
* 1835
* 1836

Van Buren|

* 1837
* 1838
* 1839
* 1840

Tyler|

* 1841
* 1842
* 1843
* 1844

Polk|

* 1845
* 1846
* 1847
* 1848

Taylor|

* 1849

Fillmore|

* 1850
* 1851
* 1852

Pierce|

* 1853
* 1854
* 1855
* 1856

Buchanan|

* 1857
* 1858
* 1859
* 1860

Lincoln|

* 1861
* 1862
* 1863
* 1864

A. Johnson|

* 1865
* 1866
* 1867
* 1868

| Grant|

* 1869
* 1870
* 1871
* 1872

* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876

Hayes|

* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
* 1880

Arthur|

* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884

Cleveland|

* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888

Harrison|

* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892

Cleveland|

* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896

McKinley|

* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900

T. Roosevelt|

* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904 (Roosevelt Corollary)

* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908

Taft|

* 1909
* 1910
* 1911*
* 1912*

Wilson|

* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916

* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920

Harding|

* 1921
* 1922

Coolidge|

* 1923
* 1924

* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928

Hoover|

* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932

F. Roosevelt|

* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937

* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941 (Four Freedoms)

* 1942
* 1943
* 1944 (Second Bill of Rights)
* 1945

| Truman|

* 1946
* 1947
* 1948

* 1949 (Fair Deal)
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953

Eisenhower|

* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956

* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961

Kennedy|

* 1961
* 1962
* 1963

L. Johnson|

* 1964 (War on poverty)
* 1965

* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

Nixon|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972†

* 1973*
* 1974†

Ford|

* 1975
* 1976
* 1977

Carter|

* 1978†
* 1979†
* 1980†
* 1981

Reagan|

* 1981‡
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984

* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988

G. H. W. Bush|

* 1989‡
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992

Clinton|

* 1993‡
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996

* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000

G. W. Bush|

* 2001‡
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004

* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008

Obama|

* 2009‡
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012

* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016

Trump|

* 2017‡
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

Biden|

* 2021‡
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

* Legend: Address to Joint Session
* Written message
* Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
* † Included a detailed written supplement
* ‡ Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841) and James Garfield (1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union

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