The 1977 State of the Union address was given by President Gerald R. Ford to a joint session of the 95th United States Congress on Wednesday, January 12, 1977.[1] Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by Nelson Rockefeller, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
Date | January 12, 1977 |
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Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
Duration | 45 minutes |
Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Coordinates | 38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W |
Type | State of the Union Address |
Participants | Gerald Ford Nelson Rockefeller Tip O'Neill |
Previous | 1976 State of the Union Address |
Next | 1978 State of the Union Address |
The speech lasted 44 minutes and 55 seconds[2] and contained 4,727 words.[3] In the speech, President Ford discussed the Vietnam War, national defense, and fiscal policy issues.[4]
To date, this State of the Union address was the last one delivered as a speech to a joint session of Congress by a president in January of the same year in which he left office. Thus, Gerald Ford is the last president to have given a State of the Union address as a speech in the same year in which he left office.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Reporting on the State of the Union". The American Presidency Project. January 12, 1977. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "Length of State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ "1977 State of the Union Address". C-SPAN. January 12, 1977. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Annual Messages to Congress on the State of the Union (Washington 1790 - the present)". The American Presidency Project.
External links
edit- (full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.
- 1977 State of the Union Address (full video and audio at www.millercenter.org)