1982 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Ronald Reagan February 2026 July 2021 1982 State of the Union Address State of the Union- President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 1-26-82.webm Full video of the speech as published by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 9:00 p.m. EST 40 minutes 1982 01 26 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 Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Tip O'Neill Previous 1981 Joint session speech Next 1983 State of the Union Address The 1982 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on January 26, 1982, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 97th United States Congress. It was Reagan's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate. The speech lasted 40 minutes and 14 secondshttp://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_minutes.php Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes Presidency.ucsb.edu 2012-05-29 and contained 5154 words.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php Length of State of the Union Addresses Presidency.ucsb.edu 2012-05-29 The address was broadcast live on radio and television. The speech was the first to acknowledge a special guest, Lenny Skutnik, who was an ordinary hero of Air Florida Flight 90 took place two weeks earlier. Taking the place of Supreme Court Justice Byron White was retired Justice Potter Stewart. The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Donald Riegle (MI), Senator James Sasser (TN), Rep. Albert Gore Jr. (TN), Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Edward Kennedy (MA), House Speaker Tip O'Neill (MA), Senator Gary Hart (CO), Senator Paul Sarbanes (MD), Senator J. Bennett Johnston (LA), and Senator Alan Cranston (CA).http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_response.php List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses Presidency.ucsb.edu 2012-05-29 See also Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan 1982 United States House of Representatives elections References External links Ronald Reagan's Second State of the Union Address 1982 State of the Union Address (full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara. Full video and audio, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. 1982 State of the Union Address (video) at C-SPAN 1981 joint session speech 1983 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1982 State of the Union Address 1982 State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:Presidency of Ronald Reagan Category:Speeches by Ronald Reagan Category:Articles containing video clips Category:1980s State of the Union addresses