Speech lengths of previous presidents’ State of the Union oral addresses

By AP
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Speech lengths of previous presidents’ addresses

Speech lengths of previous presidents’ State of the Union oral addresses:

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Lyndon Johnson

Shortest — Jan. 14, 1969: 43 minutes, 41 seconds

Longest — Jan. 10, 1967: 1 hour, 11 minutes, 16 seconds

Richard Nixon

Shortest — Jan. 20, 1972: 28 minutes, 55 seconds

Longest — January 30, 1974: 42 minutes, 51 seconds

Gerald Ford

Shortest — Jan. 15, 1975: 41 minutes

Longest — Jan. 19, 1976: 50 minutes, 38 seconds

Jimmy Carter

Shortest — Jan. 21, 1980: 32 minutes, 4 seconds

Longest — Jan. 19, 1978: 46 minutes, 4 seconds

Ronald Reagan

Shortest — Feb. 4, 1986: About 31 minutes

Longest — Jan. 25, 1983: About 46 minutes

George H.W. Bush

Shortest — Jan. 31, 1990: 35 minutes, 43 seconds

Longest — Jan. 28, 1992: 51 minutes, 4 seconds

Bill Clinton

Shortest — Jan. 25, 1994: 1 hour, 3 minutes, 44 seconds

Longest — Jan. 27, 2000: 1 hour, 28 minutes, 49 seconds

George W. Bush

Shortest — Jan. 29, 2002: 47 minutes, 49 seconds

Longest — Jan. 28, 2003: 59 minutes, 35 seconds

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Note: Johnson’s 1964 and 1965 addresses were not measured.

Source: John Woolley and Gerhard Peters, of The American Presidency Project.

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