Presidential Requests of Congress in State of the Union Addresses

President	Year	Total Requests	First-time Requests	Repeat Requests
Truman I	1946	41	16	25
	1947	23	21	2
	1948	16	6	9

Truman II	1949	28	17	11
	1950	20	9	11
	1951	11	5	6
	1952	19	7	12

Eisenhower	1953	14	14	0
	1954	39	35	4
	1955	32	19	14
	1956

Eisenhower II	1957	14	6	8
	1958
	1959	16	14	2
	1960	6	1	5

Kennedy	1961	25	25
	1962	24	16
	1963	18	6

Johnson	1964	17	6
	1965	38	34
	1966	31	24
	1967	27	19
	1968	26	14

Nixon I	1969	17	17
	1970	21	12
	1971	20	8
	1972	17	3

Nixon II	1973	23	20
	1974	16	5

Ford	1975	13	10
	1976	13	6

Carter	1977	21	21
	1978	11	8
	1979	13	8
	1980	11	4

Reagan I	1981	8	8
	1982	8	7
	1983	14	11
	1984	9	4

Reagan II	1985	7	0
	1986	5	0
	1987	5	0
	1988	54	0

Bush	1989	34	33	0
	1990	18	15	3
	1991	20	12	8
	1992	27	13	14

Clinton I	1993	30	30	0
	1994	22	15	8
	1995	25	16	9
	1996	19	7	12

Clinton II	1997	26	15	14

Sources: (1961-1988) Paul Light, The Presidential Agenda, rev. ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 42, 241. (1945-1960 & 1989-1997) Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 382-83.

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