1982 State of the Union Address

1982 State of the Union Address

Full video of the speech as published by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Date	January 26, 1982 (1982-01-26)
Time	9:00 p.m. EST
Duration	40 minutes
Venue	House Chamber, United States Capitol
Location	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W
Type	State of the Union Address
Participants	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.

The speech lasted 40 minutes and 14 seconds^[1] and contained 5154 words.^[2] 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 Thomas P. O'Neill III (MA), Senator Gary Hart (CO), Senator Paul Sarbanes (MD), Senator J. Bennett Johnston (LA), and Senator Alan Cranston (CA).^[3]

See also

• Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan
• 1982 United States House of Representatives elections

References

1. "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
2. "Length of State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
3. "List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

External links

• (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

Preceded by 1981 State of the Union Address

State of the Union addresses 1982

Succeeded by 1983 State of the Union Address