List of State of the Union addresses

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

William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield are the only presidents in U.S. history to not deliver a State of the Union, as they both died within their first year in office before they could do so.

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

Starting in 1981, presidents have been invited to address a joint session of Congress early in the first year of their presidency. These have reflected the style of a State of the Union address. However, the addresses are not officially titled "State of the Union" but "Address to Joint Session of Congress" or like that instead. Since 1989, the opposition party has offered a response. There were unofficial addresses by newly inaugurated presidents in 1981, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2017, 2021, and 2025.

List Year President Format Date Word count Time (minutes) Jan 1790 George Washington Spoken Jan 8 1,089 Unknown Dec 1790 Dec 8 1,401 1791 Oct 25 2,302 1792 Nov 6 2,101 1793 Dec 3 1,968 1794 Nov 19 2,918 1795 Dec 8 1,989 1796 Dec 7 2,871 1797 John Adams Spoken Nov 22 2,063 1798 Dec 8 2,218 1799 Dec 3 1,505 1800 Nov 22 1,372 1801 Thomas Jefferson Written Dec 8 3,224 1802 Dec 15 2,197 1803 Oct 17 2,263 1804 Nov 8 2,096 1805 Dec 3 2,927 1806 Dec 2 2,860 1807 Oct 27 2,384 1808 Nov 8 2,675 1809 James Madison Written Nov 29 1,831 1810 Dec 5 2,446 1811 Nov 5 2,273 1812 Nov 4 3,242 1813 Dec 7 3,257 1814 Sep 20 2,111 1815 Dec 5 3,146 1816 Dec 3 3,364 1817 James Monroe Written Dec 12 4,418 1818 Nov 16 4,376 1819 Dec 7 4,702 1820 Nov 14 3,446 1821 Dec 3 5,814 1822 Dec 3 4,723 1823 Dec 2 6,358 1824 Dec 7 8,400 1825 John Quincy Adams Written Dec 6 8,985 1826 Dec 5 7,705 1827 Dec 4 6,917 1828 Dec 2 7,282 1829 Andrew Jackson Written Dec 8 10,525 1830 Dec 6 15,114 1831 Dec 6 7,178 1832 Dec 4 7,863 1833 Dec 3 7,877 1834 Dec 1 13,411 1835 Dec 7 10,825 1836 Dec 5 12,367 1837 Martin Van Buren Written Dec 5 11,449 1838 Dec 3 11,488 1839 Dec 2 13,431 1840 Dec 5 8,991 William Henry Harrison 1841 John Tyler Written Dec 7 8,241 1842 Dec 6 8,417 1843 Dec 5 8,036 1844 Dec 3 9,318 1845 James K. Polk Written Dec 2 16,111 1846 Dec 8 18,222 1847 Dec 7 16,414 1848 Dec 5 21,309 1849 Zachary Taylor Written Dec 4 7,617 1850 Millard Fillmore Written Dec 2 8,322 1851 Dec 2 13,244 1852 Dec 6 9,929 1853 Franklin Pierce Written Dec 5 9,590 1854 Dec 4 10,139 1855 Dec 31 11,612 1856 Dec 2 10,486 1857 James Buchanan Written Dec 8 13,655 1858 Dec 6 16,349 1859 Dec 19 12,336 1860 Dec 3 14,049 1861 Abraham Lincoln Written Dec 3 6,987 1862 Dec 1 8,385 1863 Dec 8 6,114 1864 Dec 6 5,865 1865 Andrew Johnson Written Dec 4 9,232 1866 Dec 3 7,134 1867 Dec 3 12,002 1868 Dec 9 9,834 1869 Ulysses S. Grant Written Dec 6 7,706 1870 Dec 5 8,743 1871 Dec 4 6,459 1872 Dec 2 10,102 1873 Dec 1 10,026 1874 Dec 7 9,819 1875 Dec 7 12,211 1876 Dec 5 6,799 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes Written Dec 3 10,724 1878 Dec 2 7,879 1879 Dec 1 11,635 1880 Dec 6 13,347 James A. Garfield 1881 Chester A. Arthur Written Dec 6 13,321 1882 Dec 4 10,274 1883 Dec 4 8,363 1884 Dec 1 8,917 1885 Grover Cleveland Written Dec 8 19,960 1886 Dec 6 15,285 1887 Dec 6 5,290 1888 Dec 3 13,226 1889 Benjamin Harrison Written Dec 1 13,004 1890 Dec 1 11,522 1891 Dec 9 16,306 1892 Dec 6 13,680 1893 Grover Cleveland Written Dec 4 12,282 1894 Dec 3 15,892 1895 Dec 2 14,670 1896 Dec 7 15,453 1897 William McKinley Written Dec 6 12,113 1898 Dec 5 20,224 1899 Dec 5 22,831 1900 Dec 3 19,142 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Written Dec 3 19,616 1902 Dec 5 9,782 1903 Dec 7 14,943 1904 Dec 6 17,415 1905 Dec 5 25,071 1906 Dec 3 23,609 1907 Dec 3 27,397 1908 Dec 8 19,411 1909 William Howard Taft Written Dec 7 13,901 1910 Dec 6 27,651 1911 Dec 5 23,744 1912 Dec 3 25,161 1913 Woodrow Wilson Spoken Dec 2 3,553 Unknown 1914 Dec 8 4,537 1915 Dec 7 7,687 1916 Dec 5 2,118 1917 Dec 4 3,913 1918 Dec 2 5,463 1919 Written Dec 2 4,756 1920 Dec 7 2,706 1921 Warren G. Harding Spoken Dec 6 5,606 Unknown 1922 Dec 8 5,748 1923 Calvin Coolidge Spoken Dec 6 6,706 1924 Written Dec 3 6,968 1925 Dec 8 10,848 1926 Dec 7 10,305 1927 Dec 6 8,777 1928 Dec 4 8,061 1929 Herbert Hoover Written Dec 3 10,994 1930 Dec 5 4,536 1931 Dec 8 5,682 1932 Dec 6 4,201 1933 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt Spoken Jan 3 2,230 Unknown 1935 Jan 4 3,525 1936 Jan 3 3,826 50 1937 Jan 6 2,732 Unknown 1938 Jan 3 4,697 1939 Jan 4 3,768 1940 Jan 3 3,196 1941 Jan 6 3,31236 1942 Jan 6 3,511Unknown 1943 Jan 7 4,588 1944 Written Jan 11 3,805 1945 Jan 6 8,211 1946 Harry S. Truman Written Jan 21 27,465 1947 Spoken Jan 6 6,028 Unknown 1948 Jan 7 5,094 1949 Jan 5 3,401 1950 Jan 4 5,130 1951 Jan 8 3,994 1952 Jan 9 5,369 1953 Written Jan 7 9,683 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower Spoken Feb 2 6,973 56 1954 Jan 7 5,985 52 1955 Jan 6 7,250 53 1956 Written Jan 5 8,265 1957 Spoken Jan 10 4,137 33 1958 Jan 9 4,915 44 1959 Jan 9 4,933 42 1960 Jan 7 5,633 45 1961 Written Jan 12 6,210 1961 John F. Kennedy Spoken Jan 30 5,274 43 1962 Jan 11 6,569 53 1963 Jan 14 5,470 43 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Spoken Jan 8 3,168 41 1965 Jan 4 4,399 47 1966 Jan 12 5,542 51 1967 Jan 10 7,195 71 1968 Jan 17 4,914 50 1969 Jan 14 4,115 44 1970 Richard Nixon Spoken Jan 22 4,457 37 1971 Jan 22 4,508 33 1972 Jan 20 3,976 29 1973 Written Feb 2 27,147 1974 Spoken Jan 30 5,144 43 1975 Gerald Ford Spoken Jan 15 4,126 41 1976 Jan 19 4,948 51 1977 Jan 12 4,727 45 1978 Jimmy Carter Spoken Jan 19 4,580 46 1979 Jan 25 3,257 33 1980 Jan 21 3,412 32 1981 Written Jan 16 33,667 1981 Ronald Reagan Spoken Feb 18 4,446 33 1982 Jan 26 5,154 40 1983 Jan 25 5,554 46 1984 Jan 25 4,931 43 1985 Feb 6 4,214 40 1986 Feb 4 3,514 31 1987 Jan 27 3,847 35 1988 Jan 25 4,955 44 1989 George H. W. Bush Spoken Feb 9 4,811 48 1990 Jan 31 3,777 36 1991 Jan 29 3,823 47 1992 Jan 28 5,012 51 1993 Bill Clinton Spoken Feb 17 7,003 66 1994 Jan 25 7,432 64 1995 Jan 24 9,190 85 1996 Jan 23 6,317 67 1997 Feb 4 6,774 64 1998 Jan 27 7,303 77 1999 Jan 19 7,514 79 2000 Jan 27 7,452 89 2001 George W. Bush Spoken Feb 27 4,362 49 2002 Jan 29 3,878 48 2003 Jan 28 5,413 60 2004 Jan 20 5,229 54 2005 Feb 2 5,096 53 2006 Jan 31 5,323 51 2007 Jan 23 5,590 49 2008 Jan 28 5,760 53 2009 Barack Obama Spoken Feb 24 5,902 52 2010 Jan 27 7,304 69 2011 Jan 25 6,878 62 2012 Jan 24 7,059 65 2013 Feb 12 6,775 60 2014 Jan 28 6,989 65 2015 Jan 20 6,718 60 2016 Jan 12 6,044 59 2017 Donald Trump Spoken Feb 28 5,006 60 2018 Jan 30 5,839 81 2019 Feb 5 5,540 82 2020 Feb 4 6,217 78 2021 Joe Biden Spoken Apr 28 8,003 65 2022 Mar 1 7,705 62 2023 Feb 7 9,216 73 2024 Mar 7 8,078 67 2025 Donald Trump Spoken Mar 4 9,831 99 2026 Feb 24 10,599 108

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