1965 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Lyndon B. Johnson August 2025 February 2025 1965 State of the Union Address 9:00 p.m. EST 47 minutesLength of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes (from 1964) Gerhard Peters The American Presidency Project March 12, 2024 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union-0 1965 01 04 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type:event inline,title State of the Union Address Lyndon B. JohnsonCarl HaydenJohn W. McCormack Previous 1964 State of the Union Address Next 1966 State of the Union Address The 1965 State of the Union Address was given by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Monday, January 4, 1965, to the 89th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives.Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union Lyndon B. Johnson January 4, 1965 The American Presidency Project March 13, 2024 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/annual-message-the-congress-the-state-the-union-26 It was Johnson's second State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker John W. McCormack, accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Carl Hayden. In this speech, Johnson stated that the state of the union was dependent on the state of the world and discussed various issues of foreign policy including the Vietnam War.January 4, 1965: State of the Union Miller Center March 13, 2024 University of Virginia https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/january-4-1965-state-union Johnson further discussed the aims of his Great Society initiative and set forth several proposals to advance it, stating We worked for two centuries to climb this peak of prosperity. But we are only at the beginning of the road to the Great Society. Ahead now is a summit where freedom from the wants of the body can help fulfill the needs of the spirit. We built this Nation to serve its people. We want to grow and build and create, but we want progress to be the servant and not the master of man. We do not intend to live in the midst of abundance, isolated from neighbors and nature, confined by blighted cities and bleak suburbs, stunted by a poverty of learning and an emptiness of leisure. The Great Society asks not how much, but how good; not only how to create wealth but how to use it; not only how fast we are going, but where we are headed. This was the first State of the Union Address to be broadcast on television in a prime time slot in the evening.How the State of the Union Address Made Its Broadcast Debut Alix Langone January 30, 2018 March 13, 2024 Time https://time.com/5124930/state-of-the-union-broadcast-history/July 2026 InternetArchiveBot The New York Times noted that this decision likely doubled or tripled the size of the audience. It also enabled major television networks to promote the event and have commentators on hand to discuss it. The first State of the Union Address to be delivered in the evening for a radio broadcast was Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1936 State of the Union Address, and the first State of the Union Address to be broadcast on television was Harry S. Truman's 1947 State of the Union Address, but this address was the first to be broadcast both on television and in the evening. See also Great Society War on Poverty References External links Lyndon Baines Johnson's Second State of the Union Address 1965 State of the Union Address 1965 State of the Union Address (full video and audio at www.millercenter.org) 1965 State of the Union Address from the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library (video) 1964 State of the Union Address 1966 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1965 Category:Speeches by Lyndon B. Johnson Category:Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson Category:89th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:January 1965 in the United States Category:1960s State of the Union addresses