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He said, "The efforts of disloyal citizens of the United States to involve us in foreign wars to aid an inexcusable insurrection have been unavailing," referring to the citizens of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>, and their failed efforts to bring the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor of France">Emperor of France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoleon III</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/British_Monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="British Monarch">British Monarch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, onto their side. 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href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's First State of the Union address">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1810 State of the Union Address">1810</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Third State of the Union Address">1811</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Fourth State of the Union Address">1812</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Fifth State of the Union Address">1813</a></li> <li><a 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State of the Union Address">1822</a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Seventh State of the Union Address">1823</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine" title="Monroe Doctrine">Monroe Doctrine</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1824 State of the Union Address">1824</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">J. Q. Adams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1825_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1825 State of the Union Address">1825</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams%27_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Quincy Adams' Second State of the Union Address">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1827 State of the Union Address">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1828 State of the Union Address">1828</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Jackson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1829_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1829 State of the Union Address">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1830 State of the Union Address">1830</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Third State of the Union Address">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1832 State of the Union Address">1832</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Fifth State of the Union Address">1833</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Sixth State of the Union Address">1834</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1836 State of the Union Address">1836</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Van Buren</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1837_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1837 State of the Union Address">1837</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Second State of the Union address">1838</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Third State of the Union address">1839</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Fourth State of the Union address">1840</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">Tyler</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's First State of the Union Address">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1842 State of the Union Address">1842</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's Third State of the Union Address">1843</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's Fourth State of the Union Address">1844</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">Polk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's First State of the Union Address">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1846 State of the Union Address">1846</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's Third State of the Union Address">1847</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's Fourth State of the Union Address">1848</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Taylor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor%27s_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Zachary Taylor's State of the Union Address">1849</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Fillmore</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Millard Fillmore's First State of the Union Address">1850</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Millard Fillmore's Second State of the Union Address">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1852 State of the Union Address">1852</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Pierce</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's First State of the Union Address">1853</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's Second State of the Union Address">1854</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's Third State of the Union Address">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1856 State of the Union Address">1856</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">Buchanan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Buchanan%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Buchanan's First State of the Union Address">1857</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Buchanan%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Buchanan's Second State of the Union Address">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1859 State of the Union Address">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1860 State of the Union Address">1860</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1861 State of the Union Address">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1862 State of the Union Address">1862</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1864 State of the Union Address">1864</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">A. Johnson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1865_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1865 State of the Union Address">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1866 State of the Union Address">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1867 State of the Union Address">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1868 State of the Union Address">1868</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:32%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's First State of the Union Address">1869</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Second State of the Union Address">1870</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Third State of the Union Address">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1872 State of the Union Address">1872</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Fifth State of the Union Address">1873</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Sixth State of the Union Address">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1875 State of the Union Address">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1876 State of the Union Address">1876</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1877_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1877 State of the Union Address">1877</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes%27_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Rutherford B. Hayes' Second State of the Union Address">1878</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes%27_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Rutherford B. Hayes' Third State of the Union Address">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1880 State of the Union Address">1880</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's First State of the Union Address">1881</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Second State of the Union Address">1882</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Third State of the Union Address">1883</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Fourth State of the Union Address">1884</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Cleveland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's First State of the Union Address">1885</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Second State of the Union Address">1886</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Third State of the Union Address">1887</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Fourth State of the Union Address">1888</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address">1889</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's Second State of the Union Address">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1891 State of the Union Address">1891</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's Fourth State of the Union Address">1892</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Cleveland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1893_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1893 State of the Union Address">1893</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Sixth State of the Union Address">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1895 State of the Union Address">1895</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Eighth State of the Union Address">1896</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1897_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1897 State of the Union Address">1897</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_McKinley%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William McKinley's Second State of the Union Address">1898</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_McKinley%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William McKinley's Third State of the Union Address">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1900 State of the Union Address">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1901 State of the Union Address">1901</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1903 State of the Union Address">1903</a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Fourth State of the Union Address">1904</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Corollary" title="Roosevelt Corollary">Roosevelt Corollary</a>)</small></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Fifth State of the Union Address">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1906 State of the Union Address">1906</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Seventh State of the Union Address">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1908 State of the Union Address">1908</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's First State of the Union Address">1909</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's Second State of the Union Address">1910</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's Third State of the Union Address">1911</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1912 State of the Union Address">1912</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Wilson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1913_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1913 State of the Union Address"><b>1913</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1914 State of the Union Address"><b>1914</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1915 State of the Union Address"><b>1915</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1916 State of the Union Address"><b>1916</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1917_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1917 State of the Union Address"><b>1917</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1918 State of the Union Address"><b>1918</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Woodrow Wilson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1920 State of the Union Address">1920</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Harding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Warren G. Harding's First State of the Union Address"><b>1921</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Warren G. Harding's Second State of the Union Address"><b>1922</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1923 State of the Union Address"><b>1923</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Second State of the Union Address">1924</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Third State of the Union Address">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1926 State of the Union Address">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1927 State of the Union Address">1927</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Sixth State of the Union Address">1928</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1929 State of the Union Address">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1930 State of the Union Address">1930</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Herbert Hoover's Third State of the Union Address">1931</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Herbert Hoover's Fourth State of the Union Address">1932</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. Roosevelt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1934 State of the Union Address"><b>1934</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address"><b>1935</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1936 State of the Union Address"><b>1936</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Fourth State of the Union Address"><b>1937</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1938_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1938 State of the Union Address"><b>1938</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1939 State of the Union Address"><b>1939</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1940 State of the Union Address"><b>1940</b></a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Eighth State of the Union Address"><b>1941</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Four_Freedoms" title="Four Freedoms">Four Freedoms</a>)</small></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Ninth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Ninth State of the Union Address"><b>1942</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Tenth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Tenth State of the Union Address"><b>1943</b></a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Eleventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Eleventh State of the Union Address"><i>1944</i></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights" title="Second Bill of Rights">Second Bill of Rights</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1945 State of the Union Address">1945</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:32%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Truman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1946 State of the Union Address">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1947 State of the Union Address"><b>1947</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1948 State of the Union Address"><b>1948</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1949_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1949 State of the Union Address"><b>1949</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Fair_Deal" title="Fair Deal">Fair Deal</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1950 State of the Union Address"><b>1950</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1951 State of the Union Address"><b>1951</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1952 State of the Union Address"><b>1952</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="January 1953 State of the Union Address">1953</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="February 1953 State of the Union Address"><b>1953</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1954 State of the Union Address"><b>1954</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1955 State of the Union Address"><b>1955</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1956 State of the Union Address"><i>1956</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1957 State of the Union Address"><b>1957</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1958 State of the Union Address"><b>1958</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1959 State of the Union Address"><b>1959</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1960 State of the Union Address"><b>1960</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_12,_1961,_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="January 12, 1961, State of the Union Address">1961</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_30,_1961,_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="January 30, 1961, State of the Union Address"><b>1961</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1962 State of the Union Address"><b>1962</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1963 State of the Union Address"><b>1963</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">L. Johnson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1964_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1964 State of the Union Address"><b>1964</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/War_on_poverty" title="War on poverty">War on poverty</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1965 State of the Union Address"><b>1965</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1966 State of the Union Address"><b>1966</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1967 State of the Union Address"><b>1967</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1968 State of the Union Address"><b>1968</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1969 State of the Union Address"><b>1969</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1970 State of the Union Address"><b>1970</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1971 State of the Union Address"><b>1971</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1972 State of the Union Address"><b>1972</b></a><sup>†</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1973 State of the Union Address"><i>1973</i></a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1974 State of the Union Address"><b>1974</b></a><sup>†</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1975 State of the Union Address"><b>1975</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1976 State of the Union Address"><b>1976</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1977 State of the Union Address"><b>1977</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Carter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1978 State of the Union Address"><b>1978</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1979 State of the Union Address"><b>1979</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1980 State of the Union Address"><b>1980</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1981 State of the Union Address">1981</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1981_Ronald_Reagan_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 1981 Ronald Reagan speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1981</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1982 State of the Union Address"><b>1982</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1983 State of the Union Address"><b>1983</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1984 State of the Union Address"><b>1984</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1985 State of the Union Address"><b>1985</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1986 State of the Union Address"><b>1986</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1987 State of the Union Address"><b>1987</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1988 State of the Union Address"><b>1988</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_George_H._W._Bush_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="1989 George H. W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1989</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1990 State of the Union Address"><b>1990</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1991 State of the Union Address"><b>1991</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1992 State of the Union Address"><b>1992</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Clinton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1993_Bill_Clinton_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1993</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1994 State of the Union Address"><b>1994</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1995 State of the Union Address"><b>1995</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1996 State of the Union Address"><b>1996</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1997 State of the Union Address"><b>1997</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1998 State of the Union Address"><b>1998</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1999 State of the Union Address"><b>1999</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2000 State of the Union Address"><b>2000</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2001_George_W._Bush_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2001 George W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2001</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2002 State of the Union Address"><b>2002</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2003 State of the Union Address"><b>2003</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2004 State of the Union Address"><b>2004</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2005 State of the Union Address"><b>2005</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2006 State of the Union Address"><b>2006</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2007 State of the Union Address"><b>2007</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2008 State of the Union Address"><b>2008</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2009</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2010 State of the Union Address"><b>2010</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2011 State of the Union Address"><b>2011</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2012 State of the Union Address"><b>2012</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2013 State of the Union Address"><b>2013</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2014 State of the Union Address"><b>2014</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2015 State of the Union Address"><b>2015</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2016 State of the Union Address"><b>2016</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2017</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2018 State of the Union Address"><b>2018</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2019 State of the Union Address"><b>2019</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2020 State of the Union Address"><b>2020</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Biden</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Joe_Biden_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="2021 Joe Biden speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2021</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2022 State of the Union Address"><b>2022</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2023 State of the Union Address"><b>2023</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2024 State of the Union Address"><b>2024</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Legend: <b>Address to Joint Session</b></li> <li>Written message</li> <li><i>Written message with national radio address</i><br />* Split into multiple parts</li> <li><sup>†</sup> Included a detailed written supplement</li> <li><sup>‡</sup> Not officially a "State of the Union"<br /><span class="nowrap">Presidents <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> (1841) and <a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. Garfield">James Garfield</a> (1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Abraham_Lincoln" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible expanded navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Abraham_Lincoln" title="Template:Abraham Lincoln"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Lyceum_address" title="Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum address">Lyceum address (1838)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Peoria_speech" title="Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech">Peoria speech (1854)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Lost_Speech" title="Lincoln's Lost Speech">"Lost Speech" (1856)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_House_Divided_Speech" title="Lincoln's House Divided Speech">House Divided speech (1858)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Douglas_debates" title="Lincoln–Douglas debates">Lincoln–Douglas debates (1858)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Union_speech" title="Cooper Union speech">Cooper Union Address (1860)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Farewell_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address">Farewell Address (1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_first_inaugural_address" title="Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address">First inaugural address (1861)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_Address" title="Gettysburg Address">Gettysburg Address (1863,</a> <a href="/wiki/Consecration_of_the_National_Cemetery_at_Gettysburg" title="Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg">event)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address" title="Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address">Second inaugural address (1865)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life<br />and views</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_in_the_Black_Hawk_War" title="Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War">Black Hawk War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matson_Trial" title="Matson Trial">Matson Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spot_Resolutions" title="Spot Resolutions">Spot Resolutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_patent" title="Abraham Lincoln's patent">Boat lifting patent</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hurd_v._Rock_Island_Bridge_Co." title="Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co.">Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co.</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Plot" title="Baltimore Plot">Baltimore Plot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Bedell" title="Grace Bedell">Lincoln's beard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Health of Abraham Lincoln">Medical and mental health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poetry_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Poetry of Abraham Lincoln">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_career_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(1849%E2%80%931861)" title="Political career of Abraham Lincoln (1849–1861)">Political career, 1849–1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_views_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Religious views of Abraham Lincoln">Religious views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_slavery" title="Abraham Lincoln and slavery">Slavery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Homes<br />and places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Birthplace_National_Historical_Park" title="Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park">Lincoln Birthplace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knob_Creek_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Knob Creek Farm">Knob Creek Farm</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Boyhood_National_Memorial" title="Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial">Lincoln Boyhood Memorial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_State_Park" title="Lincoln State Park">Lincoln State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pigeon_Creek_Community" title="Little Pigeon Creek Community">Little Pigeon Creek Community</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Trail_Homestead_State_Memorial" title="Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial">Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_New_Salem" title="Lincoln's New Salem">Lincoln's New Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln-Berry_General_Store" title="Lincoln-Berry General Store">Lincoln-Berry General Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Home_National_Historic_Site" title="Lincoln Home National Historic Site">Lincoln Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_Lincoln%27s_Cottage_at_the_Soldiers%27_Home" title="President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home">Cottage at the Soldier's Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom" title="Lincoln Bedroom">Lincoln Bedroom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Sitting_Room" title="Lincoln Sitting Room">Lincoln Sitting Room</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Pioneer_Village" title="Lincoln Pioneer Village">Lincoln Pioneer Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Log_Cabin_State_Historic_Site" title="Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site">Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1856_Republican_National_Convention" title="1856 Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Republican_National_Convention" title="1860 Republican National Convention">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_National_Union_National_Convention" title="1864 National Union National Convention">1864</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States)" title="National Union Party (United States)">National Union Party</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" title="1860 United States presidential election">1860 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_presidential_election" title="1864 United States presidential election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_and_Liberty" title="Lincoln and Liberty">1860 campaign song</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Assassination of Abraham Lincoln">Assassination</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ford%27s_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford's Theater">Ford's Theater</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_American_Cousin" title="Our American Cousin">Our American Cousin</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Our_American_Cousin_(opera)" title="Our American Cousin (opera)">opera</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth" title="John Wilkes Booth">John Wilkes Booth</a> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sic_semper_tyrannis" title="Sic semper tyrannis">Sic semper tyrannis</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersen_House" title="Petersen House">Petersen House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_funeral_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="State funeral of Abraham Lincoln">State funeral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_catafalque" title="Lincoln catafalque">Lincoln catafalque</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Tomb" title="Lincoln Tomb">Lincoln Tomb</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/O_Captain!_My_Captain!" title="O Captain! My Captain!">O Captain! My Captain!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Lilacs_Last_in_the_Dooryard_Bloom%27d" title="When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd">When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy and<br /><a href="/wiki/Memorials_to_Abraham_Lincoln" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorials to Abraham Lincoln">memorials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum">Presidential Library and Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Papers_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="The Papers of Abraham Lincoln">Papers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln/Net" title="Lincoln/Net">Lincoln/Net</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Abraham_Lincoln_artifacts_and_relics" title="List of Abraham Lincoln artifacts and relics">Artifacts and relics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Birthday" title="Lincoln's Birthday">Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_photographs_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln">Photographs of Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln">Cultural depictions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Depictions_of_Abraham_Lincoln_on_film" title="Category:Depictions of Abraham Lincoln on film">films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Abraham_Lincoln_in_art" title="Category:Abraham Lincoln in art">Art</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_on_currency#Abraham_Lincoln" title="List of presidents of the United States on currency">Currency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Centennial_half_dollar" title="Illinois Centennial half dollar">Illinois Centennial half dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_cent" title="Lincoln cent">Lincoln penny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_five-dollar_bill" title="United States five-dollar bill">Five-dollar bill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore_Anniversary_coins" title="Mount Rushmore Anniversary coins">Mount Rushmore Anniversary coins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#Abraham_Lincoln" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">Postage stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Association" title="Abraham Lincoln Association">Abraham Lincoln Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Institute" title="Abraham Lincoln Institute">Abraham Lincoln Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Lincoln_Presenters" title="Association of Lincoln Presenters">Association of Lincoln Presenters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(SSBN-602)" title="USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602)">USS <i>Abraham Lincoln</i> (1960,</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)" title="USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)">1988)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_I_Grew_Up" title="Here I Grew Up">Here I Grew Up</a></i> mosaic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Highway" title="Lincoln Highway">Lincoln Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park" title="Lincoln Park">Lincoln Park (Chicago)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Park_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Lincoln Park (Washington, D.C.)">Lincoln Park (D.C.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Prize" title="Lincoln Prize">Lincoln Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Heritage_Trail" title="Lincoln Heritage Trail">Lincoln Heritage Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Trail_State_Memorial" title="Lincoln Trail State Memorial">Lincoln Trail State Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend" title="Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend">Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Moments_with_Mr._Lincoln" title="Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln">Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%27s_ghost" title="Lincoln's ghost">White House ghost</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Statues" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_statues_of_Abraham_Lincoln" title="List of statues of Abraham Lincoln">Statues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Lincoln_Memorial)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)">statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool" title="Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool">reflecting pool</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln:_The_Man" title="Abraham Lincoln: The Man"><i>Abraham Lincoln: The Man</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln:_The_Head_of_State" title="Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State"><i>Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_the_Lawyer" title="Lincoln the Lawyer"><i>Lincoln the Lawyer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Abe_Lincoln" title="Young Abe Lincoln"><i>Young Abe Lincoln</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Memorial" title="Emancipation Memorial">Emancipation Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Arch" title="Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch">Brooklyn relief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Cincinnati)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Cincinnati)">Cincinnati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(District_of_Columbia_City_Hall)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (District of Columbia City Hall)">D.C. City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Hodgenville,_Kentucky)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Hodgenville, Kentucky)">Hodgenville, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(relief_by_Schwarz)" title="Abraham Lincoln (relief by Schwarz)">Indianapolis relief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Memorial_Monument" title="Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument">Laramie, Wyoming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Lincoln,_Nebraska)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)">Lincoln, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Lincoln" title="The Young Lincoln">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_at_Waterfront_Park" title="Lincoln Memorial at Waterfront Park">Louisville, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seated_Lincoln_(Borglum)" title="Seated Lincoln (Borglum)">Newark, New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(New_York_City)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (New York City)">New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_Square#Lincoln" title="Parliament Square">Parliament Square, London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Monument_(Philadelphia)" title="Lincoln Monument (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Monument_(Rochester,_New_York)" title="Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Rochester, New York)">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bust_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(Borglum)" title="Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Borglum)">U.S. Capitol bust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(U.S._Capitol)" title="Statue of Abraham Lincoln (U.S. Capitol)">U.S. Capitol statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Monument_(Wabash,_Indiana)" title="Lincoln Monument (Wabash, Indiana)">Wabash, Indiana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_family" title="Lincoln family">Family</a></th><td 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