A major speech is defined as live nationally televised and broadcast addresses to the country that preempt all major network programming. Inaugural Adresses and State of the Union Addresses are included.
| President |
total in term |
yearly average |
average monthly interval between speeches |
| Coolidge |
25 |
5.0 |
2.4 |
| Hoover |
7 |
1.8 |
6.1 |
| Roosevelt I |
12 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
| Roosevelt II |
13 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
| Roosevelt III |
19 |
4.8 |
2.5 |
| Roosevelt IV |
1 |
-- |
-- |
| Truman I |
17 |
3.4 |
2.8 |
| Truman II |
15 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
| Eisenhower I |
21 |
5.3 |
2.3 |
| Eisenhower II |
20 |
5.0 |
2.5 |
| Kennedy |
15 |
5.0 |
2.3 |
| Johnson |
23 |
4.6 |
2.7 |
| Nixon I |
23 |
5.8 |
2.1 |
| Nixon II |
13 |
8.1 |
1.5 |
| Ford |
12 |
5.2 |
2.4 |
| Carter |
17 |
4.3 |
2.8 |
| Reagan I |
20 |
5.0 |
2.4 |
| Reagan II |
27 |
6.8 |
1.8 |
| Bush |
17 |
4.3 |
2.8 |
| Clinton I |
14 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 167. Modifications to the data for Coolidge and Hoover compiled by Gerhard Peters and taken from Congressional Record (1929-32)
