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UCSB: PS 157


  Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses (in words)
  Washington - G.W. Bush

President
Date
# Words
Format
Washington 1/8/1790 1089 Oral
12/8/1790 1401 Oral
10/25/1791 2302 Oral
11/6/1792 2101 Oral
12/3/1793 1968 Oral
11/19/1794 2918 Oral
12/8/1795 1989 Oral
12/7/1796 2871 Oral
Adams 11/22/1797 2063 Oral
12/8/1798 2218 Oral
12/3/1799 1505 Oral
11/22/1800 1372 Oral
Jefferson 12/8/1801 3224 Written
12/15/1802 2197 Written
10/17/1803 2263 Written
11/8/1804 2096 Written
12/3/1805 2927 Written
12/2/1806 2860 Written
10/271807 2384 Written
11/08/1808 2675 Written
Madision 11/29/1809 1831 Written
12/5/1810 2446 Written
11/5/1811 2273 Written
11/4/1812 3242 Written
12/7/1813 3257 Written
9/20/1814 2111 Written
12/5/1815 3146 Written
12/3/1816 3364 Written
Monroe 12/12/1817 4418 Written
11/16/1818 4376 Written
12/7/1819 4702 Written
11/14/1820 3446 Written
12/3/1821 5814 Written
12/3/1822 4723 Written
12/2/1823 6358 Written
12/7/1824 8400 Written
J. Q. Adams 12/6/1825 8985 Written
12/5/1826 7705 Written
12/4/1827 6917 Written
12/2/1828 7282 Written
Jackson 12/8/1829 10525 Written
12/6/1830 15114 Written
12/6/1831 7178 Written
12/4/1832 7863 Written
12/3/1833 7877 Written
12/1/1834 13411 Written
12/7/1835 10825 Written
12/5/1836 12367 Written
Van Buren 12/5/1837 11449 Written
12/3/1838 11488 Written
12/2/1839 13431 Written
12/5/1840 8991 Written
Tyler 12/7/1841 8241 Written
12/6/1842 8417 Written
12/??/1843 8036 Written
12/3/1844 9318 Written
Polk 12/2/1845 16111 Written
12/8/1846 18222 Written
12/7/1847 16414 Written
12/5/1848 21309 Written
Taylor 12/4/1849 7617 Written
Fillmore 12/2/1850 8322 Written
12/2/1851 13244 Written
12/6/1852 9929 Written
Pierce 12/5/1853 9590 Written
12/4/1854 10139 Written
12/31/1855 11612 Written
12/2/1856 10486 Written
Buchanan 12/8/1857 13655 Written
12/6/1858 16349 Written
12/19/1859 12336 Written
12/3/1860 14049 Written
Lincoln 12/3/1861 6987 Written
12/1/1862 8385 Written
12/8/1863 6114 Written
12/6/1864 5865 Written
A. Johnson 12/4/1865 9232 Written
12/3/1866 7134 Written
12/3/1867 12002 Written
12/9/1868 9834 Written
Grant 12/6/1869 7706 Written
12/5/1870 8743 Written
12/4/1871 6459 Written
12/2/1872 10102 Written
12/1/1873 10026 Written
12/7/1874 9819 Written
12/7/1875 12211 Written
12/5/1876 6799 Written
Hayes 12/3/1877 10724 Written
12/2/1878 7879 Written
12/1/1879 11635 Written
12/6/1880 13347 Written
Arthur 12/6/1881 13321 Written
12/4/1882 10274 Written
12/4/1883 8363 Written
12/1/1884 8917 Written
Cleveland (1st) 12/8/1885 19960 Written
12/6/1886 15285 Written
12/6/1887 5290 Written
12/3/1888 13226 Written
B. Harrison 12/1/1889 13004 Written
12/1/1890 11522 Written
12/9/1891 16306 Written
12/6/1892 13680 Written
Cleveland (2nd) 12/4/1893 12282 Written
12/3/1894 15892 Written
12/2/1895 14670 Written
12/7/1896 15453 Written
McKinley 12/6/1897 12113 Written
12/5/1898 20224 Written
12/5/1899 22831 Written
12/3/1900 19142 Written
T. Roosevelt 12/3/1901 19616 Written
12/5/1902 9782 Written
12/7/1903 14943 Written
12/6/1904 17415 Written
12/5/1905 25071 Written
12/3/1906 23609 Written
12/3/1907 27397 Written
12/8/1908 19411 Written
Taft 12/7/1909 13901 Written
12/6/1910 27651 Written
12/5/1911 23744 Written
12/3/1912 25161 Written
Wilson 12/2/1913 3553 Oral
12/8/1914 4537 Oral
12/7/1915 7687 Oral
12/5/1916 2118 Oral
12/4/1917 3913 Oral
12/2/1918 5463 Oral
12/2/1919 4756 Written
12/7/1920 2706 Written
Harding 12/6/1921 5606 Oral
12/8/1922 5748 Oral
Coolidge 12/6/1923 6706 Oral
12/3/1924 6968 Written
12/8/1925 10848 Written
12/7/1926 10305 Written
12/6/1927 8777 Written
12/4/1928 8061 Written
Hoover 12/3/1929 10994 Written
12/5/1930 4536 Written
12/8/1931 5682 Written
12/6/1932 4201 Written
F. Roosevelt 1/3/1934 2230 Oral
1/4/1935 3525 Oral
1/3/1936 3826 Oral
1/6/1937 2732 Oral
1/3/1938 4697 Oral
1/4/1939 3768 Oral
1/3/1940 3196 Oral
1/6/1941 3312 Oral
1/6/1942 3511 Oral
1/7/1943 4588 Oral
1/11/1944 3805 Oral
1/6/1945 8211 Written
Truman 1/21/1946 27465 Written
1/6/1947 6028 Oral
1/7/1948 5094 Oral
1/5/1949 3401 Oral
1/4/1950 5130 Oral
1/8/1951 3994 Oral
1/9/1952 5369 Oral
1/7/1953 9683 Written
Eisenhower 2/2/1953 6973 Oral
1/7/1954 5985 Oral
1/6/1955 7250 Oral
1/5/1956 8265 Written
1/10/1957 4137 Oral
1/9/1958 4915 Oral
1/9/1959 4933 Oral
1/7/1960 5633 Oral
1/12/1961 6210 Written
Kennedy 1/30/1961 5274 Oral
1/11/1962 6569 Oral
1/14/1963 5470 Oral
L. Johnson 1/8/1964 3168 Oral
1/4/1965 4399 Oral
1/12/1966 5542 Oral
1/10/1967 7195 Oral
1/17/1968 4914 Oral
1/14/1969 4115 Oral
Nixon 1/22/1970 4457 Oral
1/22/1971 4508 Oral
1/20/1972 3976 Oral
2/2/1973 27147 Written
1/30/1974 5144 Oral
Ford 1/15/1975 4126 Oral
1/19/1976 4948 Oral
1/12/1977 4727 Oral
Carter 1/19/1978 4580 Oral
1/25/1979 3257 Oral
1/21/1980 3412 Oral
1/16/1981 33667 Written
Reagan 1/26/1982 5154 Oral
1/25/1983 5554 Oral
1/25/1984 4931 Oral
2/6/1985 4214 Oral
2/4/1986 3514 Oral
1/27/1987 3847 Oral
1/25/1988 4955 Oral
Bush (GHW) 2/9/1989 4811 Oral
1/31/1990 3777 Oral
1/29/1991 3823 Oral
1/28/1992 5012 Oral
Clinton 2/17/1993 7003 Oral
1/25/1994 7432 Oral
1/24/1995 9190 Oral
1/23/1996 6317 Oral
2/4/1997 6774 Oral
1/27/1998 7303 Oral
1/19/1999 7514 Oral
1/27/2000 7452 Oral
Bush (GW) 2/27/2001 4362 Oral
1/29/2002 3878 Oral
1/28/2003 5413 Oral
1/20/2004 5229 Oral
2/2/2005 5096 Oral
1/31/2006 5323 Oral
1/23/2007 5590 Oral
1/28/2008 5760 Oral

Compiled by John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters

Citation: John Woolley and Gerhard Peters,The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database). Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_words.php.

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