State of the Union | The Administration

[The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union,
and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...

U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 3

Previous State of the Union Addresses

1987
Transcript

1986
Speech
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Response

1985
Speech
Transcript
Response

1984
Speech
Transcript

1983
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1982
Transcript
Response

1981
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Jimmy Carter

1981
Speech
Transcript

1980
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1979
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1978
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Gerald Ford

1977
Speech
Transcript

1976
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1975
Speech
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1974
Speech

Richard Nixon

1974
Speech
Transcript

1973
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1972
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1971
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1970
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Lyndon B. Johnson

1969
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1968
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1967
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1966
Newsreel
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1965
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1964
Speech
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1963
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John F. Kennedy

1963
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1962
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1961
Newsreel
Transcript

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960
Newsreel
Transcript

1959
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1958
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1957
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1956
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1955
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1954
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1953
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Harry S. Truman

1952
Newsreel
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1951
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1950
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1949
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1948
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1947
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1946
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1945
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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State of the Union Resources

2013 State of the Union Address
President Barack Obama delivered the 2013 State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress.
2013 State of the Union Transcript
Republican Response to 2013 State of the Union Address
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida delivered the Republican response to the 2013 State of the Union Address
Republican Response to 2013 State of the Union Address in Spanish
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida delivered the Republican response to the 2013 State of the Union Address in Spanish
Tea Party Response to 2013 State of the Union Address
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky delivered the Tea Party response to the 2013 State of the Union Address
Statuary Hall Interviews Following 2013 State of the Union Address
Members of Congress are interviewed by reporters in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall following the 2013 State of the Union Address
2013 State of the Union Address Preview
C-SPAN previews the 2013 State of the Union Address with Frank Newport of Gallup and journalists Robert Costa from National Review and Amanda Terkel from the Huffington Post

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