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Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rayburn" title="Sam Rayburn">Sam Rayburn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/January_12,_1961_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="January 12, 1961 State of the Union Address">January 12, 1961 State of the Union Address</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1962_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1962 State of the Union Address">1962 State of the Union Address</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The second <b>1961 <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="State of the Union Address">State of the Union Address</a></b> was given by recently inaugurated president <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, the 35th president of the United States, on Monday, January 30, 1961, to the <a href="/wiki/87th_United_States_Congress" title="87th United States Congress">87th United States Congress</a> in the chamber of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-app_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-app-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Kennedy's first <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a>, which was delivered only 18 days after outgoing President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> delivered his final State of the Union Address in writing. Presiding over this joint session was <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">House speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Rayburn" title="Sam Rayburn">Sam Rayburn</a>, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, in his capacity as the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#President_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Vice President of the United States">president of the Senate</a>. </p><p>In the speech, Kennedy discussed his major goals for the next four years of his term. After calling the state of the American economy "disturbing" and "in trouble" as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Recession_of_1958" title="Recession of 1958">Recession of 1958</a>, he discussed his plans for economic growth for the United States. 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Kennedy administration">Foreign policy</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/Alliance_for_Progress" title="Alliance for Progress">Alliance for Progress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Agency" title="Arms Control and Disarmament Agency">Arms Control and Disarmament Agency</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty" title="Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty">Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexible_response" title="Flexible response">Flexible response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Doctrine" title="Kennedy Doctrine">Kennedy Doctrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_Corps" title="Peace Corps">Peace Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_Expansion_Act" title="Trade Expansion Act">Trade Expansion Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_and_Refugee_Assistance_Act" title="Migration and Refugee Assistance Act">Migration and Refugee Assistance Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">USAID</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War#The_Kennedy_years,_1961–63" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li>Cuba: <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion" title="Bay of Pigs Invasion">Bay of Pigs Invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban Project">Cuban Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EXCOMM" title="EXCOMM">ExComm</a></li></ul></li> <li>Soviet Union: <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Crisis_of_1961" title="Berlin Crisis of 1961">Berlin Crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline" title="Moscow–Washington hotline">Moscow–Washington hotline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna_summit" title="Vienna summit">Vienna summit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_Frontier" title="New Frontier">New Frontier</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/Communications_Satellite_Act_of_1962" title="Communications Satellite Act of 1962">Communications Satellite Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_Mental_Health_Act" title="Community Mental Health Act">Community Mental Health Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963" title="Equal Pay Act of 1963">Equal Pay Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_11110" title="Executive Order 11110">Executive Order 11110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_10925" title="Executive Order 10925">Federal affirmative action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_11063" title="Executive Order 11063">Federal housing segregation ban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_march" title="Kennedy march">Fifty-mile hikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_for_Peace" title="Food for Peace">Food for Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program#Pilot_Food_Stamp_Program_(1961–1964)" title="Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program">Pilot Food Stamp Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_policy_of_the_United_States#Kennedy_administration" title="Space policy of the United States">Space policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women" title="Presidential Commission on the Status of Women">Status of Women (Presidential Commission)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door" title="Stand in the Schoolhouse Door">University of Alabama integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voter_Education_Project" title="Voter Education Project">Voter Education Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-Channel_Receiver_Act" title="All-Channel Receiver Act">All-Channel Receiver Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_Pollution_Act_of_1961" title="Oil Pollution Act of 1961">Oil Pollution Act of 1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1962" title="Revenue Act of 1962">Revenue Act of 1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Farm_and_Rural_Development_Act_of_1961" title="Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wetlands_Loan_Act" title="Wetlands Loan Act">Wetlands Loan Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg/90px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg/135px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg/180px-John_F._Kennedy%2C_White_House_photo_portrait%2C_looking_up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="970" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential<br />speeches</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/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy#The_inaugural_address" title="Inauguration of John F. Kennedy">Inaugural address</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_University_speech" title="American University speech">American University speech</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon" title="We choose to go to the Moon">We choose to go to the Moon</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Report_to_the_American_People_on_Civil_Rights" title="Report to the American People on Civil Rights">Report to the American People on Civil Rights</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner" title="Ich bin ein Berliner">Ich bin ein Berliner</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_rising_tide_lifts_all_boats" title="A rising tide lifts all boats">A rising tide lifts all boats</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remarks_at_Amherst_College_on_the_Arts" title="Remarks at Amherst College on the Arts">Remarks at Amherst College on the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1962 State of the Union Address">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1963 State of the Union Address">1963</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Electoral history of John F. Kennedy">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>U.S. House of Representatives elections: <a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections">1950</a></li> <li>U.S. Senate elections in Massachusetts: <a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1952 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts" title="1958 United States Senate election in Massachusetts">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries">1960 presidential primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_1960_presidential_campaign" title="John F. Kennedy 1960 presidential campaign">1960 presidential campaign</a></li> <li>Democratic National Conventions: <a href="/wiki/1956_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1956 Democratic National Convention">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1960 Democratic National Convention">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election" title="1960 United States presidential election">U.S. presidential election 1960</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_debates" title="1960 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personal life</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/John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy_National_Historic_Site" title="John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site">Birthplace and childhood home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Compound" title="Kennedy Compound">Kennedy Compound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Hill_(McLean,_Virginia)" title="Hickory Hill (McLean, Virginia)">Hickory Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Querida_(mansion)" title="La Querida (mansion)">La Querida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wexford_(Marshall,_Virginia)" title="Wexford (Marshall, Virginia)">Wexford</a></li> <li>Navy service: <a href="/wiki/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-109" title="Patrol torpedo boat PT-109"><i>PT-109</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biuku_Gasa_and_Eroni_Kumana" title="Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana">Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Reginald_Evans" title="Arthur Reginald Evans">Arthur Evans</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-59" title="Patrol torpedo boat PT-59"><i>PT-59</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Hot_Springs_(Arizona)" title="Castle Hot Springs (Arizona)">Castle Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Farm" title="Hammersmith Farm">Hammersmith Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King#John_F._Kennedy_phone_call" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King phone call</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday,_Mr._President" title="Happy Birthday, Mr. President">Happy Birthday, Mr. President</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_document_hoax" title="John F. Kennedy document hoax">John F. Kennedy document hoax</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</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/Why_England_Slept" title="Why England Slept"><i>Why England Slept</i> <small>(1940)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Profiles_in_Courage" title="Profiles in Courage"><i>Profiles in Courage</i> <small>(1956)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Nation_of_Immigrants" title="A Nation of Immigrants"><i>A Nation of Immigrants</i> <small>(1958)</small></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Death</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/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">Assassination</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_John_F._Kennedy_assassination" title="Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Media coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy">media coverage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy">reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy_in_popular_culture" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture">in popular culture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="State funeral of John F. Kennedy">State funeral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Jack_(horse)" title="Black Jack (horse)">Riderless horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dignitaries_at_the_state_funeral_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="List of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy">attending dignitaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Eternal_Flame" title="John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame">Gravesite and Eternal Flame</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</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/Bibliography_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Bibliography of John F. Kennedy">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum">John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profile_in_Courage_Award" title="Profile in Courage Award">Profile in Courage Award</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twenty-fourth Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964" title="Civil Rights Act of 1964">Civil Rights Act of 1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11 Moon landing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission" title="Equal Employment Opportunity Commission">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Round" title="Kennedy Round">Kennedy Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AmeriCorps_VISTA" title="AmeriCorps VISTA">VISTA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy">Cultural depictions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Films_about_John_F._Kennedy" title="Category:Films about John F. Kennedy">films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_half_dollar" title="Kennedy half dollar">Kennedy half dollar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#John_F._Kennedy" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">U.S. postage stamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_cents_John_Kennedy" title="Five cents John Kennedy">U.S. five cent stamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend" title="Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend">Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sail" title="Operation Sail">Operation Sail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_John_F._Kennedy" title="List of things named after John F. Kennedy">Memorials,<br />namesakes</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/Harvard_Kennedy_School" title="Harvard Kennedy School">Harvard Kennedy School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts">Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Federal_Building" title="John F. Kennedy Federal Building">John F. Kennedy Federal Building (Boston)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport" title="John F. Kennedy International Airport">John F. Kennedy International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_John_F._Kennedy_(Boston)" title="Statue of John F. Kennedy (Boston)">Boston statue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Memorial_(Brooklyn)" title="John F. Kennedy Memorial (Brooklyn)">Brooklyn bust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy_Memorial" title="John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial">Dallas memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Memorial_(Hyannis,_Massachusetts)" title="John F. Kennedy Memorial (Hyannis, Massachusetts)">Hyannis memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Memorial,_London" title="John F. Kennedy Memorial, London">London bust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bust_of_John_F._Kennedy_(Nashua,_New_Hampshire)" title="Bust of John F. Kennedy (Nashua, New Hampshire)">Nashua bust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fitzgerald_Kennedy_Memorial_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial (Portland, Oregon)">Portland memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runnymede#John_F._Kennedy_Memorial" title="Runnymede">Runnymede memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Arboretum" title="John F. Kennedy Arboretum">John F. Kennedy Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Memorial_Bridge" title="John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge">John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Special_Warfare_Center_and_School" title="John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School">John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_University" title="John F. Kennedy University">John F. Kennedy University (defunct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Stadium_(Philadelphia)" title="John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)">John F. Kennedy Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Expressway" title="Kennedy Expressway">Kennedy Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Kennedy" title="Mount Kennedy">Mount Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_John_F._Kennedy" title="MV John F. Kennedy">MV <i>John F. Kennedy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CV-67)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CVN-79)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i> (CVN-79)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yad_Kennedy" title="Yad Kennedy">Yad Kennedy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_family" title="Kennedy family">Family</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/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis">Jacqueline Bouvier</a> (wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy" title="Caroline Kennedy">Caroline Kennedy</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="John F. Kennedy Jr.">John F. Kennedy Jr.</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bouvier_Kennedy" title="Patrick Bouvier Kennedy">Patrick Bouvier Kennedy</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Schlossberg" title="Rose Schlossberg">Rose Schlossberg</a> (granddaughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Schlossberg" title="Tatiana Schlossberg">Tatiana Schlossberg</a> (granddaughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Schlossberg" title="Jack Schlossberg">Jack Schlossberg</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr." title="Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.">Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Kennedy" title="Rose Kennedy">Rose Fitzgerald</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Jr." title="Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.">Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy" title="Rosemary Kennedy">Rosemary Kennedy</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Cavendish,_Marchioness_of_Hartington" title="Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington">Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver" title="Eunice Kennedy Shriver">Eunice Kennedy Shriver</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Kennedy_Lawford" title="Patricia Kennedy Lawford">Patricia Kennedy Lawford</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Kennedy_Smith" title="Jean Kennedy Smith">Jean Kennedy Smith</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Kennedy" title="P. J. Kennedy">P. J. Kennedy</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Fitzgerald" title="John F. Fitzgerald">John F. Fitzgerald</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushinka" title="Pushinka">Pushinka</a> (dog)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_and_Debbie" title="Billie and Debbie">Billie and Debbie</a> (hamsters)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardar_(horse)" title="Sardar (horse)">Sardar</a> (horse)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">← Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:John_F._Kennedy" title="Category:John F. 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Adams</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/1797_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1797 State of the Union Address"><b>1797</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1798 State of the Union Address"><b>1798</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1799_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1799 State of the Union Address"><b>1799</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1800 State of the Union Address"><b>1800</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</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/1801_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1801 State of the Union Address">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1802 State of the Union Address">1802</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Third State of the Union Address">1803</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Fourth State of the Union Address">1804</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/1805_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1805 State of the Union Address">1805</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Sixth State of the Union Address">1806</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1807</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Eighth State of the Union Address">1808</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/James_Madison" title="James Madison">Madison</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/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 href="/wiki/1814_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1814 State of the Union Address">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1815 State of the Union Address">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1816 State of the Union Address">1816</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/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</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/James_Monroe%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's First State of the Union Address">1817</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Second State of the Union Address">1818</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Third State of the Union Address">1819</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Fourth State of the Union Address">1820</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_Monroe%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Fifth State of the Union Address">1821</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Sixth 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 href="/wiki/1863_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1863 State of the Union Address">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. 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