Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
[Pages 518-529]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            JOINT SESSIONS, JOINT MEETINGS, AND INAUGURATIONS

                   1st-105th CONGRESSES, 1789-1997 \1\

      The parliamentary difference between a joint session and a joint 
meeting has evolved over time. In recent years the distinctions have 
become clearer: a joint session is more formal, and occurs upon the 
adoption of a concurrent resolution; a joint meeting occurs when each 
body adopts a unanimous consent agreement to recess to meet with the 
other legislative body.
      The Speaker of the House of Representatives usually presides over 
joint sessions and joint meetings; however, the President of the Senate 
does preside over counts of the electoral votes, as required by the 
Constitution.
      In the earliest years of the Republic, 1789 and 1790, when the 
national legislature met in New York City, joint gatherings were held in 
the Senate Chamber in Federal Hall. In Philadelphia, when the 
legislature met in Congress Hall, such meetings were held in the Senate 
Chamber, 1790-1793, and in the Hall of the House of Representatives, 
1794-1799. Once the Congress moved to the Capitol in Washington in 1800, 
the Senate Chamber again was used for joint gatherings through 1805. 
Since 1809, with few exceptions, joint sessions and joint meetings have 
occurred in the Hall of the House.
      Presidential messages on the state of the Union were once known as 
``Annual Messages,'' but since the 80th Congress have been called 
``State of the Union Addresses.'' After President Adams' Annual Message 
on November 22, 1800, these addresses were read by clerks to the 
individual bodies until President Wilson resumed the practice of 
delivering them to joint sessions on December 2, 1913.
      In some instances more than one joint gathering has occurred on 
the same day. For example, on January 6, 1941, Congress met in joint 
session to count electoral votes for President and Vice President, and 
then met again in joint session to receive President Roosevelt's Annual 
Message.
      Congress has hosted inaugurations since the first occasion in 
1789. They always have been formal joint gatherings, and sometimes they 
also were joint sessions. Inaugurations were joint sessions when both 
houses of Congress were in session, and they processed to the ceremony 
as part of the business of the day. In many cases, however, one or both 
houses were not in session or were in recess at the time of the 
ceremony. In the table below, inaugurations that were not joint sessions 
are listed in the second column. Those that were joint sessions are so 
identified and described in the third column.


                                JOINT SESSIONS, JOINT MEETINGS, AND INAUGURATIONS                               
                                         1st-105th CONGRESSES, 1789-1997                                        
                                           [See notes at end of table]                                          
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                                                                                           Name and position of 
     Congress & Date               Type                Occasion, topic, or location          dignitary (where   
                                                                                                applicable)     
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                                                  NEW YORK CITY                                                 
1st CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Apr. 6, 1789..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Apr. 30, 1789.........  ......do.............  Inauguration and church service \2\....  President George      
                                                                                           Washington; Right    
                                                                                           Reverend Samuel      
                                                                                           Provoost, Senate-    
                                                                                           appointed Chaplain.  
  Jan. 8, 1790..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President George      
                                                                                           Washington.          
                                                                                                                
                                                  PHILADELPHIA                                                  
  Dec. 8, 1790..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
2d CONGRESS                                                                                                     
  Oct. 25, 1791.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Nov. 6, 1792..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Feb. 13, 1793.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
3d CONGRESS                                                                                                     
  Mar. 4, 1793..........  Inauguration.........  Senate Chamber.........................  President George      
                                                                                           Washington.          
  Dec. 3, 1793..........  Joint session........  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Nov. 19, 1794.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
4th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Dec. 8, 1795..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               

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  Dec. 7, 1796..........  Joint session........  Annual Message.........................  President George      
                                                                                           Washington.          
  Feb. 8, 1797..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
5th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1797..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House......................  President John Adams. 
  May 16, 1797..........  Joint session........  Relations with France..................      Do.               
  Nov. 23, 1797.........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Dec. 8, 1798..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
6th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Dec. 3, 1799..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Dec. 26, 1799.........  ......do.............  Funeral procession and oration in        Representative Henry  
                                                  memory of George Washington \3\.         Lee.                 
                                                                                                                
                                                   WASHINGTON                                                   
  Nov. 22, 1800.........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President John Adams. 
  Feb. 11, 1801.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes \4\...........  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
7th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1801..........  Inauguration.........  Senate Chamber.........................  President Thomas      
                                                                                           Jefferson.           
                                                                                                                
8th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 13, 1805.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
9th CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 5, 1805..........  Inauguration.........  Senate Chamber.........................  President Thomas      
                                                                                           Jefferson.           
                                                                                                                
10th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 8, 1809..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
11th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1809..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House......................  President James       
                                                                                           Madison.             
                                                                                                                
12th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 10, 1813.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
13th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1813..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House......................  President James       
                                                                                           Madison.             
                                                                                                                
14th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 12, 1817.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes \5\...........  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
15th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1817..........  Inauguration.........  In front of Brick Capitol..............  President James       
                                                                                           Monroe.              
                                                                                                                
16th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 14, 1821.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes \6\...........  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
17th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 5, 1821..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House......................  President James       
                                                                                           Monroe.              
                                                                                                                
18th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Dec. 10, 1824.........  House address\7\.....  Address................................  Speaker Henry Clay;   
                                                                                           General Gilbert du   
                                                                                           Motier, Marquis de   
                                                                                           Lafayette.           
  Feb. 9, 1825..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes \8\...........  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
19th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1825..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House......................  President John Quincy 
                                                                                           Adams.               
                                                                                                                
20th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 11, 1829.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
21st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1829..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico \9\.......................  President Andrew      
                                                                                           Jackson.             
                                                                                                                
22d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 13, 1833.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
23d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1833..........  Inauguration.........  Hall of the House \10\.................  President Andrew      
                                                                                           Jackson.             
  Dec. 31, 1834.........  Joint session........  Lafayette eulogy.......................  Representative and    
                                                                                           former President John
                                                                                           Quincy Adams;        
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           President Andrew     
                                                                                           Jackson.             
24th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 8, 1837..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
25th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1837..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Martin Van  
                                                                                           Buren.               
                                                                                                                

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26th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 10, 1841.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
27th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1841..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President William     
                                                                                           Henry Harrison.      
                                                                                                                
28th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 12, 1845.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
29th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1845..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President James Knox  
                                                                                           Polk.                
                                                                                                                
30th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 14, 1849.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
31st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 5, 1849..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Zachary     
                                                                                           Taylor.              
  July 10, 1850.........  Joint session........  Oath of office to President Millard      N.A.                  
                                                  Fillmore \11\.                                                
                                                                                                                
32d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 9, 1853..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
33d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1853..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Pierce.              
                                                                                                                
34th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 11, 1857.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
35th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1857..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President James       
                                                                                           Buchanan.            
                                                                                                                
36th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 13, 1861.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
37th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1861..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Abraham     
                                                                                           Lincoln.             
  Feb. 22, 1862.........  Joint session........  Reading of Washington's farewell         John W. Forney,       
                                                  address.                                 Secretary of the     
                                                                                           Senate.              
38th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 8, 1865..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
39th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1865..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Abraham     
                                                                                           Lincoln.             
  Feb. 12, 1866.........  Joint session........  Memorial to Abraham Lincoln............  George Bancroft,      
                                                                                           historian; ceremony  
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Andrew Johnson.      
                                                                                                                
40th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 10, 1869.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
41st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1869..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Ulysses S.  
                                                                                           Grant.               
                                                                                                                
42d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 12, 1873.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes \12\..........  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
43d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1873..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Ulysses S.  
                                                                                           Grant.               
  Dec. 18, 1874.........  Joint meeting........  Reception of King Kalakaua of Hawaii...  Speaker James G.      
                                                                                           Blaine; David        
                                                                                           Kalakaua, King of the
                                                                                           Hawaiian Islands.\13\
44th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 1, 1877..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes \14\..........  N.A.                  
  Feb. 10, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 12, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 19, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 20, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 21, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 24, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 26, 1877                                                                                                 
  Feb. 28, 1877                                                                                                 
  Mar. 1, 1877                                                                                                  
  Mar. 2, 1877                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                
45th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 5, 1877..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Rutherford  
                                                                                           B. Hayes.            
                                                                                                                

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46th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 9, 1881..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
47th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1881..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President James A.    
                                                                                           Garfield.            
  Feb. 27, 1882.........  Joint session........  Memorial to James A. Garfield..........  James G. Blaine,      
                                                                                           former Speaker,      
                                                                                           Senator, and         
                                                                                           Secretary of State;  
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           President Chester A. 
                                                                                           Arthur.              
48th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 11, 1885.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Feb. 21, 1885.........  ......do.............  Completion of Washington Monument......  Representative John D.
                                                                                           Long; Representative-
                                                                                           elect John W. Daniel 
                                                                                           \15\; ceremony       
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Chester A. Arthur.   
                                                                                                                
49th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1885..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Grover      
                                                                                           Cleveland.           
                                                                                                                
50th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 13, 1889.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
51st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1889..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Benjamin    
                                                                                           Harrison.            
  Dec. 11, 1889.........  Joint session........  Centennial of George Washington's first  Melville W. Fuller,   
                                                  inauguration.                            Chief Justice of the 
                                                                                           United States;       
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           President Benjamin   
                                                                                           Harrison.            
                                                                                                                
52d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 8, 1893..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
53d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1893..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Grover      
                                                                                           Cleveland.           
                                                                                                                
54th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 10, 1897.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
55th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1897..........  Inauguration.........  In front of original Senate Wing of      President William     
                                                  Capitol.                                 McKinley.            
                                                                                                                
56th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Dec. 12, 1900.........  Joint meeting........  Centennial of the Capital City.........  Representatives James 
                                                                                           D. Richardson and    
                                                                                           Sereno E. Payne, and 
                                                                                           Senator George F.    
                                                                                           Hoar; ceremony       
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           William McKinley.    
  Feb. 13, 1901.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
57th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1901..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President William     
                                                                                           McKinley.            
  Feb. 27, 1902.........  Joint session........  Memorial to William McKinley...........  John Hay, Secretary of
                                                                                           State; ceremony      
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Theodore Roosevelt   
                                                                                           and Prince Henry of  
                                                                                           Prussia.             
                                                                                                                
58th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 8, 1905..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
59th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1905..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Theodore    
                                                                                           Roosevelt.           
                                                                                                                
60th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 10, 1909.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
61st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1909..........  Inauguration.........  Senate Chamber \16\....................  President William     
                                                                                           Howard Taft.         
                                                                                                                
62d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 12, 1913.........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Feb. 15, 1913.........  ......do.............  Memorial for Vice President James S.     Senators Elihu Root,  
                                                  Sherman \17\.                            Thomas S. Martin,    
                                                                                           Jacob H. Gallinger,  
                                                                                           John R. Thornton,    
                                                                                           Henry Cabot Lodge,   
                                                                                           John W. Kern, Robert 
                                                                                           M. LaFollette, John  
                                                                                           Sharp Williams,      
                                                                                           Charles Curtis,      
                                                                                           Albert B. Cummins,   
                                                                                           George T. Oliver,    
                                                                                           James A. O'Gorman;   
                                                                                           Speaker Champ Clark; 
                                                                                           President William    
                                                                                           Howard Taft.         
                                                                                                                
63d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1913..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Woodrow     
                                                                                           Wilson.              

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  Apr. 8, 1913..........  Joint session........  Tariff message.........................  President Woodrow     
                                                                                           Wilson.              
  June 23, 1913.........  ......do.............  Currency and bank reform message.......      Do.               
  Aug. 27, 1913.........  ......do.............  Mexican affairs message................      Do.               
  Dec. 2, 1913..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Jan. 20, 1914.........  ......do.............  Trusts message.........................      Do.               
  Mar. 5, 1914..........  ......do.............  Panama Canal tolls.....................      Do.               
  Apr. 20, 1914.........  ......do.............  Mexico message.........................      Do.               
  Sept. 4, 1914.........  ......do.............  War tax message........................      Do.               
  Dec. 8, 1914..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
64th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Dec. 7, 1915..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Aug. 29, 1916.........  ......do.............  Railroad message (labor-management           Do.               
                                                  dispute).                                                     
  Dec. 5, 1916..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Feb. 3, 1917..........  ......do.............  Severing diplomatic relations with           Do.               
                                                  Germany.                                                      
  Feb. 14, 1917.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Feb. 26, 1917.........  ......do.............  Arming of merchant ships...............  President Woodrow     
                                                                                           Wilson.              
                                                                                                                
65th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 5, 1917..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................      Do.               
  Apr. 2, 1917..........  Joint session........  War with Germany.......................      Do.               
  Dec. 4, 1917..........  ......do.............  Annual Message/War with Austria-Hungary      Do.               
  Jan. 4, 1918..........  ......do.............  Federal operation of transportation          Do.               
                                                  systems.                                                      
  Jan. 8, 1918..........  ......do.............  Program for world's peace..............      Do.               
  Feb. 11, 1918.........  ......do.............  Peace message..........................      Do.               
  May 27, 1918..........  ......do.............  War finance message....................      Do.               
  Nov. 11, 1918.........  ......do.............  Terms of armistice signed by Germany...      Do.               
  Dec. 2, 1918..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Feb. 9, 1919..........  ......do.............  Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt.........  Senator Henry Cabot   
                                                                                           Lodge, Sr.; ceremony 
                                                                                           attended by former   
                                                                                           President William    
                                                                                           Howard Taft.         
                                                                                                                
66th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Aug. 8, 1919..........  ......do.............  Cost of living message.................  President Woodrow     
                                                                                           Wilson.              
  Sept. 18, 1919........  ......do.............  Address................................  President pro tempore 
                                                                                           Albert B. Cummins;   
                                                                                           Speaker Frederick H. 
                                                                                           Gillett;             
                                                                                           Representative and   
                                                                                           former Speaker Champ 
                                                                                           Clark; General John  
                                                                                           J. Pershing.         
  Feb. 9, 1921..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
67th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1921..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Warren G.   
                                                                                           Harding.             
  Apr. 12, 1921.........  Joint session........  Federal problem message................      Do.               
  Dec. 6, 1921..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  Feb. 28, 1922.........  ......do.............  Maintenance of the merchant marine.....      Do.               
  Aug. 18, 1922.........  ......do.............  Coal and railroad message..............      Do.               
  Nov. 21, 1922.........  ......do.............  Promotion of the American merchant           Do.               
                                                  marine.                                                       
  Dec. 8, 1922..........  ......do.............  Annual Message \18\....................      Do.               
  Feb. 7, 1923..........  ......do.............  British debt due to the United States..      Do.               
                                                                                                                
68th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Dec. 6, 1923..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President Calvin      
                                                                                           Coolidge.            
  Feb. 27, 1924.........  ......do.............  Memorial to Warren G. Harding..........  Charles Evans Hughes, 
                                                                                           Secretary of State;  
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           President Calvin     
                                                                                           Coolidge.            
  Dec. 15, 1924.........  ......do.............  Memorial to Woodrow Wilson.............  Dr. Edwin Anderson    
                                                                                           Alderman, President  
                                                                                           of the University of 
                                                                                           Virginia; ceremony   
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Calvin Coolidge.     
  Feb. 11, 1925.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
69th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1925..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Calvin      
                                                                                           Coolidge.            
  Feb. 22, 1927.........  Joint session........  George Washington birthday message.....      Do.               
                                                                                                                
70th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Feb. 13, 1929.........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
71st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Mar. 4, 1929..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Herbert     
                                                                                           Hoover.              
                                                                                                                
72d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Feb. 22, 1932.........  Joint session........  Bicentennial of George Washington's          Do.               
                                                  birth.                                                        

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  Feb. 6, 1933..........  Joint meeting........  Memorial to Calvin Coolidge............  Arthur Prentice Rugg, 
                                                                                           Chief Justice of the 
                                                                                           Supreme Judicial     
                                                                                           Court of             
                                                                                           Massachusetts;       
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           President Herbert    
                                                                                           Hoover.              
  Feb. 8, 1933..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
                                                                                                                
73d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Mar. 4, 1933..........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Jan. 3, 1934..........  Joint session........  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  May 20, 1934..........  ......do.............  100th anniversary, death of Lafayette..  Andre de Laboulaye,   
                                                                                           Ambassador of France;
                                                                                           President Franklin   
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt;    
                                                                                           ceremony attended by 
                                                                                           Count de Chambrun,   
                                                                                           great-grandson of    
                                                                                           Lafayette.           
                                                                                                                
74th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 4, 1935..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  May 22, 1935..........  ......do.............  Veto message...........................      Do.               
  Jan. 3, 1936..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
75th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1937..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
      Do................  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Jan. 20, 1937.........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt;    
                                                                                           Vice President John  
                                                                                           Nance Garner.\19\    
  Jan. 3, 1938..........  Joint session........  Annual Message.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
                                                                                                                
76th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 4, 1939..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Mar. 4, 1939..........  ......do.............  Sesquicentennial of the 1st Congress...      Do.               
  June 9, 1939..........  Joint meeting........  Reception \20\.........................  George VI and         
                                                                                           Elizabeth, King and  
                                                                                           Queen of the United  
                                                                                           Kingdom.             
  Sept. 21, 1939........  Joint session........  Neutrality address.....................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Jan. 3, 1940..........  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................      Do.               
  May 16, 1940..........  ......do.............  National defense message...............      Do.               
                                                                                                                
77th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1941..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
      Do................  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Jan. 20, 1941.........  ......do.............  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt;    
                                                                                           Vice President Henry 
                                                                                           A. Wallace.          
  Dec. 8, 1941..........  ......do.............  War with Japan.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Dec. 26, 1941.........  Joint meeting........  Address \21\...........................  Winston Churchill,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of the
                                                                                           United Kingdom.      
  Jan. 6, 1942..........  Joint session........  Annual Message.........................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
                                                                                                                
78th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 7, 1943..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  May 19, 1943..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Winston Churchill,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of the
                                                                                           United Kingdom.      
  Nov. 18, 1943.........  ......do.............  Moscow Conference......................  Cordell Hull,         
                                                                                           Secretary of State.  
                                                                                                                
79th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1945..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
      Do................  ......do.............  Annual Message.........................  President Roosevelt   
                                                                                           was not present. His 
                                                                                           message was read     
                                                                                           before the Joint     
                                                                                           Session of Congress. 
  Jan. 20, 1945.........  Inauguration.........  South Portico, The White House \22\....  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt;    
                                                                                           Vice President Harry 
                                                                                           S. Truman.           
  Mar. 1, 1945..........  Joint session........  Yalta Conference.......................  President Franklin    
                                                                                           Delano Roosevelt.    
  Apr. 16, 1945.........  ......do.............  Prosecution of the War.................  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  May 21, 1945..........  ......do.............  Bestowal of Congressional Medal of       General George C.     
                                                  Honor on Tech. Sgt. Jake William         Marshall, Chief of   
                                                  Lindsey.                                 Staff, U.S. Army;    
                                                                                           President Harry S.   
                                                                                           Truman.              
  June 18, 1945.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  General Dwight D.     
                                                                                           Eisenhower, Supreme  
                                                                                           Commander, Allied    
                                                                                           Expeditionary Force. 
  Oct. 5, 1945..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Admiral Chester W.    
                                                                                           Nimitz, Commander-in-
                                                                                           Chief, Pacific Fleet.
  Oct. 23, 1945.........  Joint session........  Universal military training message....  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  Nov. 13, 1945.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Clement R. Attlee,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of the
                                                                                           United Kingdom.      
  May 25, 1946..........  Joint session........  Railroad strike message................  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  July 1, 1946..........  ......do.............  Memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt..  John Winant, U.S.     
                                                                                           Representative on the
                                                                                           Economic and Social  
                                                                                           Council of the United
                                                                                           Nations; ceremony    
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Harry S. Truman and  
                                                                                           Mrs. Franklin Delano 
                                                                                           Roosevelt.           

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80th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1947..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address \23\........  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  Mar. 12, 1947.........  ......do.............  Greek-Turkish aid policy...............      Do.               
  May 1, 1947...........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Miguel Aleman,        
                                                                                           President of Mexico. 
  Nov. 17, 1947.........  Joint session........  Aid to Europe message..................  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  Jan. 7, 1948..........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Mar. 17, 1948.........  ......do.............  National security and conditions in          Do.               
                                                  Europe.                                                       
  Apr. 19, 1948.........  ......do.............  50th anniversary, liberation of Cuba...  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman; Guillermo    
                                                                                           Belt, Ambassador of  
                                                                                           Cuba.                
  July 27, 1948.........  ......do.............  Inflation, housing, and civil rights...  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
                                                                                                                
81st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 5, 1949..........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Jan. 6, 1949..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1949.........  ......do.............  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman; Vice         
                                                                                           President Alben W.   
                                                                                           Barkley.             
  May 19, 1949..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Eurico Gaspar Dutra,  
                                                                                           President of Brazil. 
  Jan. 4, 1950..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  May 31, 1950..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Dean Acheson,         
                                                                                           Secretary of State.  
                                                                                                                
82d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Jan. 8, 1951..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  Feb. 1, 1951..........  Joint meeting \24\...  North Atlantic Treaty Organization.....  General Dwight D.     
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Apr. 2, 1951..........  ......do.............  Address................................  Vincent Auriol,       
                                                                                           President of France. 
  Apr. 19, 1951.........  ......do.............  Return from Pacific Command............  General Douglas       
                                                                                           MacArthur.           
  June 21, 1951.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Galo Plaza, President 
                                                                                           of Ecuador.          
  Sept. 24, 1951........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Alcide de Gasperi,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of    
                                                                                           Italy.               
  Jan. 9, 1952..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
  Jan. 17, 1952.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Winston Churchill,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of the
                                                                                           United Kingdom.      
  Apr. 3, 1952..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Juliana, Queen of the 
                                                                                           Netherlands.         
  May 22, 1952..........  ......do.............  Korea..................................  General Matthew B.    
                                                                                           Ridgway.             
  June 10, 1952.........  Joint session........  Steel industry dispute.................  President Harry S.    
                                                                                           Truman.              
                                                                                                                
83d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Jan. 6, 1953..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1953.........  ......do.............  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower; Vice     
                                                                                           President Richard M. 
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  Feb. 2, 1953..........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Jan. 7, 1954..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................      Do.               
  Jan. 29, 1954.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Celal Bayar, President
                                                                                           of Turkey.           
  May 4, 1954...........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Vincent Massey,       
                                                                                           Governor General of  
                                                                                           Canada.              
  May 28, 1954..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Haile Selassie I,     
                                                                                           Emperor of Ethiopia. 
  July 28, 1954.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Syngman Rhee,         
                                                                                           President of South   
                                                                                           Korea.               
                                                                                                                
84th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1955..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Jan. 27, 1955.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Paul E. Magliore,     
                                                                                           President of Haiti.  
  Feb. 29, 1956.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Giovanni Gronchi,     
                                                                                           President of Italy.  
  May 17, 1956..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Dr. Sukarno, President
                                                                                           of Indonesia.        
                                                                                                                
85th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 5, 1957..........  Joint session........  Middle East message....................  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Jan. 7, 1957..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 10, 1957.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Jan. 21, 1957.........  ......do.............  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower; Vice     
                                                                                           President Richard M. 
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  May 9, 1957...........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Ngo Dinh Diem,        
                                                                                           President of Vietnam.
  Jan. 9, 1958..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  June 5, 1958..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Theodor Heuss,        
                                                                                           President of West    
                                                                                           Germany.             
  June 18, 1958.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Carlos F. Garcia,     
                                                                                           President of the     
                                                                                           Philippines.         
86th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 9, 1959..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Jan. 21, 1959.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Arturo Frondizi,      
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Argentina.           
  Feb. 12, 1959.........  Joint session........  Sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's    Fredric March, actor; 
                                                  birth.                                   Carl Sandburg, poet. 
  Mar. 11, 1959.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Jose Maria Lemus,     
                                                                                           President of El      
                                                                                           Salvador.            
  Mar. 18, 1959.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Sean T. O'Kelly,      
                                                                                           President of Ireland.
  May 12, 1959..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Baudouin, King of the 
                                                                                           Belgians.            
  Jan. 7, 1960..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Dwight D.   
                                                                                           Eisenhower.          
  Apr. 6, 1960..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Alberto Lleras-       
                                                                                           Camargo, President of
                                                                                           Colombia.            

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  Apr. 25, 1960.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Charles de Gaulle,    
                                                                                           President of France. 
  Apr. 28, 1960.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Mahendra, King of     
                                                                                           Nepal.               
  June 29, 1960.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Bhumibol Adulyadej,   
                                                                                           King of Thailand.    
                                                                                                                
87th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1961..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1961.........  ......do.............  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President John F.     
                                                                                           Kennedy; Vice        
                                                                                           President Lyndon B.  
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Jan. 30, 1961.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............  President John F.     
                                                                                           Kennedy.             
  May 4, 1961...........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Habib Bourguiba,      
                                                                                           President of Tunisia.
  May 25, 1961..........  Joint session........  Urgent national needs: foreign aid,      President John F.     
                                                  defense, civil defense, and outer        Kennedy.             
                                                  space.                                                        
  July 12, 1961.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Mohammad Ayub Khan,   
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Pakistan.            
  Sept. 21, 1961........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Manuel Prado,         
                                                                                           President of Peru.   
  Jan. 11, 1962.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President John F.     
                                                                                           Kennedy.             
  Feb. 26, 1962.........  Joint meeting........  Friendship 7: 1st United States orbital  Lt. Col. John H.      
                                                  space flight.                            Glenn, Jr., USMC;    
                                                                                           Friendship 7         
                                                                                           astronaut.           
  Apr. 4, 1962..........  ......do.............  Address................................  Joao Goulart,         
                                                                                           President of Brazil. 
  Apr. 12, 1962.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Mohammad Reza Shah    
                                                                                           Pahlavi, Shahanshah  
                                                                                           of Iran.             
                                                                                                                
88th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 14, 1963.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President John F.     
                                                                                           Kennedy.             
  May 21, 1963..........  Joint meeting........  Flight of Faith 7 Spacecraft...........  Maj. Gordon L. Cooper,
                                                                                           Jr., USAF, Faith 7   
                                                                                           astronaut.           
  Nov. 27, 1963.........  Joint session........  Assumption of office...................  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Jan. 8, 1964..........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Jan. 15, 1964.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Antonio Segni,        
                                                                                           President of Italy.  
  May 28, 1964..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Eamon de Valera,      
                                                                                           President of Ireland.
                                                                                                                
89th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 4, 1965..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Jan. 6, 1965..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1965.........  ......do \25\........  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson; Vice        
                                                                                           President Hubert H.  
                                                                                           Humphrey.            
  Mar. 15, 1965.........  ......do.............  Voting rights..........................  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Sept. 14, 1965........  Joint meeting........  Flight of Gemini 5 Spacecraft..........  Lt. Col. Gordon L.    
                                                                                           Cooper, Jr., USAF;   
                                                                                           and Charles Conrad,  
                                                                                           Jr., USN; Gemini 5   
                                                                                           astronauts.          
  Jan. 12, 1966.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Sept. 15, 1966........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Ferdinand E. Marcos,  
                                                                                           President of the     
                                                                                           Philippines.         
                                                                                                                
90th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 10, 1967.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Apr. 28, 1967.........  Joint meeting........  Vietnam policy.........................  General William C.    
                                                                                           Westmoreland.        
  Oct. 27, 1967.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Gustavo Diaz Ordaz,   
                                                                                           President of Mexico. 
  Jan. 17, 1968.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
                                                                                                                
91st CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1969..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes \26\..........  N.A.                  
  Jan. 9, 1969..........  Joint meeting........  Apollo 8: 1st flight around the moon...  Col. Frank Borman,    
                                                                                           USAF; Capt. James A. 
                                                                                           Lowell, Jr., USN; Lt.
                                                                                           Col. William A.      
                                                                                           Anders, USAF; Apollo 
                                                                                           8 astronauts.        
  Jan. 14, 1969.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Lyndon B.   
                                                                                           Johnson.             
  Jan. 20, 1969.........  ......do \25\........  Inauguration, East Portico.............  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon; Vice President
                                                                                           Spiro T. Agnew.      
  Sept. 16, 1969........  Joint meeting........  Apollo 11: 1st lunar landing...........  Neil A. Armstrong;    
                                                                                           Col. Edwin E. Aldrin,
                                                                                           Jr., USAF; and Lt.   
                                                                                           Col. Michael Collins,
                                                                                           USAF; Apollo 11      
                                                                                           astronauts.          
  Jan. 22, 1970.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  Feb. 25, 1970.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Georges Pompidou,     
                                                                                           President of France. 
  June 3, 1970..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Dr. Rafael Caldera,   
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Venezuela.           
  Sept. 22, 1970........  ......do.............  Report on prisoners of war.............  Col. Frank Borman,    
                                                                                           Representative to the
                                                                                           President on         
                                                                                           Prisoners of War.    
                                                                                                                
92d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Jan. 22, 1971.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  Sept. 9, 1971.........  ......do.............  Economic policy........................      Do.               
      Do................  Joint meeting........  Apollo 15: lunar mission...............  Col. David R. Scott,  
                                                                                           USAF; Col. James B.  
                                                                                           Irwin, USAF; and Lt. 
                                                                                           Col. Alfred M.       
                                                                                           Worden, USAF; Apollo 
                                                                                           15 astronauts.       
  Jan. 20, 1972.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  June 1, 1972..........  ......do.............  European trip report...................      Do.               
  June 15, 1972.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Luis Echeverria       
                                                                                           Alvarez, President of
                                                                                           Mexico.              
                                                                                                                

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93d CONGRESS                                                                                                    
  Jan. 6, 1973..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1973.........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon; Vice President
                                                                                           Spiro T. Agnew.      
  Dec. 6, 1973..........  Joint meeting........  Oath of office to Vice President Gerald  Vice President Gerald 
                                                  R. Ford.                                 R. Ford; ceremony    
                                                                                           attended by President
                                                                                           Richard M. Nixon.    
  Jan. 30 1974..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Richard M.  
                                                                                           Nixon.               
  Aug. 12, 1974.........  ......do.............  Assumption of office...................  President Gerald R.   
                                                                                           Ford.                
  Oct. 8, 1974..........  ......do.............  Economy................................      Do.               
                                                                                                                
94th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 15, 1975.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............  President Gerald R.   
                                                                                           Ford.                
  Apr. 10, 1975.........  ......do.............  State of the World message.............      Do.               
  June 17, 1975.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Walter Scheel,        
                                                                                           President of West    
                                                                                           Germany.             
  Nov. 5, 1975..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Anwar El Sadat,       
                                                                                           President of Egypt.  
  Jan. 19, 1976.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Gerald R.   
                                                                                           Ford.                
  Jan. 28, 1976.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Yitzhak Rabin, Prime  
                                                                                           Minister of Israel.  
  Mar. 17, 1976.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Liam Cosgrave, Prime  
                                                                                           Minister of Ireland. 
  May 18, 1976..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Valery Giscard        
                                                                                           d'Estaing, President 
                                                                                           of France.           
  June 2, 1976..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Juan Carlos I, King of
                                                                                           Spain.               
  Sept. 23, 1976........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Dr. William R.        
                                                                                           Tolbert, Jr.,        
                                                                                           President of Liberia.
95th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1977..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 12, 1977.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............  President Gerald R.   
                                                                                           Ford.                
  Jan. 20, 1977.........  Inauguration.........  East Portico...........................  President Jimmy       
                                                                                           Carter; Vice         
                                                                                           President Walter F.  
                                                                                           Mondale.             
  Feb. 22, 1977.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Pierre Elliot Trudeau,
                                                                                           Prime Minister of    
                                                                                           Canada.              
  Apr. 20, 1977.........  Joint session........  Energy.................................  President Jimmy       
                                                                                           Carter.              
  Jan. 19, 1978.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Sept. 18, 1978........  ......do.............  Middle East Peace agreements...........      Do.; joint session
                                                                                           attended by Anwar El 
                                                                                           Sadat, President of  
                                                                                           Egypt, and by        
                                                                                           Menachem Begin, Prime
                                                                                           Minister of Israel.  
                                                                                                                
96th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 23, 1979.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  June 18, 1979.........  ......do.............  Salt II agreements.....................      Do.               
  Jan. 23, 1980.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
                                                                                                                
97th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1981..........  ......do.............  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1981.........  ......do \25\........  Inauguration, West Front...............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan; Vice         
                                                                                           President George     
                                                                                           Bush.                
  Feb. 18, 1981.........  ......do.............  Economic recovery......................  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Apr. 28, 1981.........  ......do.............  Economic recovery--inflation...........      Do.               
  Jan. 26, 1982.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Jan. 28, 1982.........  Joint meeting........  Centennial of birth of Franklin Delano   Dr. Arthur            
                                                  Roosevelt.                               Schlesinger,         
                                                                                           historian; Senator   
                                                                                           Jennings Randolph;   
                                                                                           Representative Claude
                                                                                           Pepper; Averell      
                                                                                           Harriman, former     
                                                                                           Governor of New York 
                                                                                           \27\; former         
                                                                                           Representative James 
                                                                                           Roosevelt, son of    
                                                                                           President Roosevelt. 
  Apr. 21, 1982.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Beatrix, Queen of the 
                                                                                           Netherlands.         
                                                                                                                
98th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 25, 1983.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Apr. 27, 1983.........  ......do.............  Central America........................      Do.               
  Oct. 5, 1983..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Karl Carstens,        
                                                                                           President of West    
                                                                                           Germany.             
  Jan. 25, 1984.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Mar. 15, 1984.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Dr. Garett FitzGerald,
                                                                                           Prime Minister of    
                                                                                           Ireland.             
  Mar. 22, 1984.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Francois Mitterand,   
                                                                                           President of France. 
  May 8, 1984...........  ......do.............  Centennial of birth of Harry S. Truman.  Representatives Ike   
                                                                                           Skelton and Alan     
                                                                                           Wheat; former Senator
                                                                                           Stuart Symington;    
                                                                                           Margaret Truman      
                                                                                           Daniel, daughter of  
                                                                                           President Truman; and
                                                                                           Senator Mark         
                                                                                           Hatfield.            
  May 16, 1984..........  ......do.............  Address................................  Miguel de la Madrid,  
                                                                                           President of Mexico. 
                                                                                                                
99th CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 7, 1985..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  

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  Jan. 21, 1985.........  Inauguration.........  Rotunda \28\...........................  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan; Vice         
                                                                                           President George     
                                                                                           Bush.                
  Feb. 6, 1985..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Feb. 20, 1985.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Margaret Thatcher,    
                                                                                           Prime Minister of the
                                                                                           United Kingdom.      
  Mar. 6, 1985..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Bettino Craxi,        
                                                                                           President of the     
                                                                                           Council of Ministers 
                                                                                           of Italy.            
  Mar. 20, 1985.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Raul Alfonsin,        
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Argentina.           
  June 13, 1985.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Rajiv Gandhi, Prime   
                                                                                           Minister of India.   
  Oct. 9, 1985..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Lee Kuan Yew, Prime   
                                                                                           Minister of          
                                                                                           Singapore.           
  Nov. 21, 1985.........  Joint session........  Geneva Summit..........................  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Feb. 4, 1986..........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Sept. 11, 1986........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Jose Sarney, President
                                                                                           of Brazil.           
  Sept. 18, 1986........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Corazon C. Aquino,    
                                                                                           President of the     
                                                                                           Philippines.         
                                                                                                                
100th CONGRESS                                                                                                  
  Jan. 27, 1987.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Nov. 10, 1987.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Chaim Herzog,         
                                                                                           President of Israel. 
  Jan. 25, 1988.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President Ronald      
                                                                                           Reagan.              
  Apr. 27, 1988.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Brian Mulroney, Prime 
                                                                                           Minister of Canada.  
  June 23, 1988.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Robert Hawke, Prime   
                                                                                           Minister of          
                                                                                           Australia.           
                                                                                                                
101st CONGRESS                                                                                                  
  Jan. 4, 1989..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1989.........  Inauguration.........  West Front.............................  President George Bush;
                                                                                           Vice President Dan   
                                                                                           Quayle.              
  Feb. 9, 1989..........  Joint session........  Building a Better America..............  President George Bush.
  Mar. 2, 1989..........  Joint meeting........  Bicentennial of the 1st Congress.......  President Pro Tempore 
                                                                                           Robert C. Byrd;      
                                                                                           Speaker James C.     
                                                                                           Wright, Jr.;         
                                                                                           Representatives Lindy
                                                                                           Boggs, Thomas S.     
                                                                                           Foley, and Robert H. 
                                                                                           Michel; Senators     
                                                                                           George Mitchell and  
                                                                                           Robert Dole; Howard  
                                                                                           Nemerov, Poet        
                                                                                           Laureate of the      
                                                                                           United States; David 
                                                                                           McCullough,          
                                                                                           historian; Anthony M.
                                                                                           Frank, Postmaster    
                                                                                           General; former      
                                                                                           Senator Nicholas     
                                                                                           Brady, Secretary of  
                                                                                           the Treasury.        
  June 7, 1989..........  ......do.............  Address................................  Benazir Bhutto, Prime 
                                                                                           Minister of Pakistan.
  Oct. 4, 1989..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Carlos Salinas de     
                                                                                           Gortari, President of
                                                                                           Mexico.              
  Oct. 18, 1989.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Roh Tae Woo, President
                                                                                           of South Korea.      
  Nov. 15, 1989.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Lech Walesa, chairman 
                                                                                           of Solidarnosc labor 
                                                                                           union, Poland.       
  Jan. 31, 1990.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President George Bush.
  Feb. 21, 1990.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Vaclav Havel,         
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Czechoslovakia.      
  Mar. 7, 1990..........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Giulio                
                                                                                           Andreotti,President  
                                                                                           of the Council of    
                                                                                           Ministers of Italy.  
  Mar. 27, 1990.........  ......do.............  Centennial of birth of Dwight D.         Senator Robert Dole;  
                                                  Eisenhower.                              Walter Cronkite,     
                                                                                           television           
                                                                                           journalist; Winston  
                                                                                           S. Churchill, member 
                                                                                           of British Parliament
                                                                                           and grandson of Prime
                                                                                           Minister Churchill;  
                                                                                           Clark M. Clifford,   
                                                                                           former Secretary of  
                                                                                           Defense; James D.    
                                                                                           Robinson III,        
                                                                                           chairman of          
                                                                                           Eisenhower Centennial
                                                                                           Foundation; Arnold   
                                                                                           Palmer, professional 
                                                                                           golfer; John S.D.    
                                                                                           Eisenhower, former   
                                                                                           Ambassador to Belgium
                                                                                           and son of President 
                                                                                           Eisenhower;          
                                                                                           Representatives      
                                                                                           Beverly Byron,       
                                                                                           William F. Goodling, 
                                                                                           and Pat Roberts.     
  June 26, 1990.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Nelson Mandela, Deputy
                                                                                           President of the     
                                                                                           African National     
                                                                                           Congress, South      
                                                                                           Africa.              
  Sept. 11, 1990........  Joint session........  Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.............  President George Bush.
                                                                                                                
102d CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 29, 1991.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  Mar. 6, 1991..........  ......do.............  Conclusion of Persian Gulf War.........      Do.               
  Apr. 16, 1991.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Violeta B. de         
                                                                                           Chamorro, President  
                                                                                           of Nicaragua.        

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  May 16, 1991..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Elizabeth II, Queen of
                                                                                           the United Kingdom;  
                                                                                           joint meeting also   
                                                                                           attended by Prince   
                                                                                           Philip.              
  Nov. 14, 1991.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Carlos Saul Menem,    
                                                                                           President of         
                                                                                           Argentina.           
  Jan. 28, 1992.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President George Bush.
  Apr. 30, 1992.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Richard von           
                                                                                           Weizsacker, President
                                                                                           of Germany.          
  June 17, 1992.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Boris Yeltsin,        
                                                                                           President of Russia. 
                                                                                                                
103d CONGRESS                                                                                                   
  Jan. 6, 1993..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1993.........  Inauguration.........  West Front.............................  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton; Vice        
                                                                                           President Albert     
                                                                                           Gore.                
  Feb. 17, 1993.........  Joint session........  Economic Address \29\..................  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton.             
  Sept. 22, 1993........  ......do.............  Health care reform.....................      Do.               
  Jan. 25, 1994.........  ......do.............  State of the Union Address.............      Do.               
  May 18, 1994..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Narasimha Rao, Prime  
                                                                                           Minister of India.   
  July 26, 1994.........  ......do.............  Addresses..............................  Hussein I, King of    
                                                                                           Jordan; Yitzhak      
                                                                                           Rabin, Prime Minister
                                                                                           of Israel.           
  Oct. 6, 1994..........  ......do.............  Address................................  Nelson Mandela,       
                                                                                           President of South   
                                                                                           Africa.              
                                                                                                                
105th CONGRESS                                                                                                  
  Jan. 24, 1995.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton.             
  July 26, 1995.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Kim Yong-sam,         
                                                                                           President of South   
                                                                                           Korea \30\.          
  Oct. 11, 1995.........  ......do.............  Close of the Commemoration of the 50th   Speaker Newt Gingrich;
                                                  Anniversary of World War II.             Vice President Albert
                                                                                           Gore; President Pro  
                                                                                           Tempore Strom        
                                                                                           Thurmond;            
                                                                                           Representatives Henry
                                                                                           J. Hyde and G. V.    
                                                                                           ``Sonny'' Montgomery;
                                                                                           Senators Daniel K.   
                                                                                           Inouye and Robert    
                                                                                           Dole; former         
                                                                                           Representative Robert
                                                                                           H. Michel; General   
                                                                                           Louis H. Wilson      
                                                                                           (ret.), former       
                                                                                           Commandant of the    
                                                                                           Marine Corps.        
  Dec. 12, 1995.........  ......do.............  Address................................  Shimon Peres, Prime   
                                                                                           Minister of Israel.  
  Jan. 30, 1996.........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address.............  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton.             
  Feb. 1, 1996..........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Jacques Chirac,       
                                                                                           President of France. 
  July 10, 1996.........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  Benyamin Netanyahu,   
                                                                                           Prime Minister of    
                                                                                           Israel.              
  Sept. 11, 1996........  ......do.............  ......do...............................  John Bruton, Prime    
                                                                                           Minister of Ireland. 
                                                                                                                
105th CONGRESS                                                                                                  
  Jan. 9, 1997..........  Joint session........  Counting electoral votes...............  N.A.                  
  Jan. 20, 1997.........  Inauguration.........  West Front.............................  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton, Vice        
                                                                                           President Albert     
                                                                                           Gore.                
  Feb. 4, 1997..........  Joint session........  State of the Union Address \31\........  President William J.  
                                                                                           Clinton.             
  Feb. 27, 1997.........  Joint meeting........  Address................................  Edurado Frei,         
                                                                                           President of Chile.  
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\1\ Closing date for this table was May 12, 1997.                                                               
\2\ The oath of office was administered to George Washington outside on the gallery in front of the Senate      
  Chamber, after which the Congress and the President returned to the chamber to hear the inaugural address.    
  They then proceeded to St. Paul's Chapel for the ``divine service'' performed by the Chaplain of the Congress.
  Adjournment of the ceremony did not occur until the Congress returned to Federal Hall.                        
\3\ Funeral oration was delivered at the German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia.                                
\4\ Because of a tie in the electoral vote between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the House of Representatives
  had to decide the election. Thirty-six ballots were required to break the deadlock, with Jefferson's election 
  as President and Burr's as Vice President on February 17. The Twelfth Amendment was added to the Constitution 
  to prevent the 1800 problem from recurring.                                                                   
\5\ During most of the period while the Capitol was being reconstructed following the fire of 1814, the Congress
  met in the ``Brick Capitol,'' constructed on the site of the present Supreme Court building. This joint       
  session took place in the Representatives' chamber on the 2d floor of the building.                           
\6\ The joint session to count electoral votes was dissolved because the House and Senate disagreed on          
  Missouri's status regarding statehood. The joint session was reconvened the same day and Missouri's votes were
  counted.                                                                                                      
\7\ While this occasion has historically been referred to as the first joint meeting of Congress, the Journals  
  of the House and of the Senate indicate that Lafayette actually addressed the House of Representatives, with  
  some of the Senators present as guests of the House. Similar occasions, when members of the one body were     
  invited as guests of the other, include the Senate address by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on Aug. 6,  
  1942, and the House address by General H. Norman Schwarzkopf on May 8, 1991.                                  
\8\ Although Andrew Jackson won the popular vote by a substantial amount and had the highest number of electoral
  votes from among the several candidates, he did not receive the required majority of the electoral votes. The 
  responsibility for choosing the new President therefore devolved upon the House of Representatives. As soon as
  the Senators left the chamber, the balloting proceeded, and John Quincy Adams was elected on the first ballot.
\9\ The ceremony was moved outside to accommodate the extraordinarily large crowd of people who had come to     
  Washington to see the inauguration.                                                                           
\10\ The ceremony was moved inside because of cold weather.                                                     
\11\ Following the death of President Zachary Taylor, Vice President Millard Fillmore took the presidential oath
  of office in a special joint session in the Hall of the House.                                                

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\12\ The joint session to count electoral votes was dissolved three times so that the House and Senate could    
  resolve several electoral disputes.                                                                           
\13\ Because of a severe cold and hoarseness, the King could not deliver his speech, which was read by former   
  Representative Elisha Hunt Allen, then serving as Chancellor and Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Islands.       
\14\ The contested election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden created a constitutional crisis.   
  Tilden won the popular vote by a close margin, but disputes concerning the electoral vote returns from four   
  states deadlocked the proceedings of the joint session. Anticipating this development, the Congress had       
  created a special commission of five Senators, five Representatives, and five Supreme Court Justices to       
  resolve such disputes. The Commission met in the Supreme Court Chamber (the present Old Senate Chamber) as    
  each problem arose. In each case, the Commission accepted the Hayes' electors, securing his election by one   
  electoral vote. The joint session was convened on 15 occasions, with the last on March 2, just three days     
  before the inauguration.                                                                                      
\15\ The speech was written by former Speaker and Senator Robert C. Winthrop, who could not attend the ceremony 
  because of ill health.                                                                                        
\16\ Because of a blizzard, the ceremony was moved inside, where it was held as part of the Senate's special    
  session. President William Howard Taft took the oath of office and gave his inaugural address after Vice      
  President James S. Sherman's inaugural address and the swearing-in of the new senators.                       
\17\ Held in the Senate Chamber.                                                                                
\18\ This was the first Annual Message broadcast live on radio.                                                 
\19\This was the first inauguration held pursuant to the Twentieth Amendment, which changed the date from March 
  4 to January 20. The Vice Presidential oath, which previously had been given earlier on the same day in the   
  Senate Chamber, was added to the inaugural ceremony as well, but the Vice Presidential inaugural address was  
  discontinued.                                                                                                 
\20\ A joint reception for the King and Queen of the United Kingdom was held in the Rotunda, authorized by      
  Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, 76th Congress. Although the concurrent resolution was structured to establish
  a joint meeting, the Senate, in fact, adjourned rather than recessed as called for by the resolution.         
\21\ Delivered in the Senate Chamber.                                                                           
\22\ The oaths of office were taken in simple ceremonies at the White House because the expense and festivity of
  a Capitol ceremony were thought inappropriate because of the war. The Joint Committee on Arrangements of the  
  Congress was in charge, however, and both the Senate and the House of Representatives were present.           
\23\ This was the first time the term ``State of the Union Address'' was used for the President's Annual        
  Message. Also, it was the first time the address was shown live on television.                                
\24\ An informal meeting in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress.                                 
\25\ According to the Congressional Record, the Senate adjourned prior to the inaugural ceremonies, even though 
  the previously adopted resolution had stated the adjournment would come immediately following the             
  inauguration. The Senate Journal records the adjournment as called for in the resolution, hence this listing  
  as a joint session.                                                                                           
\26\ The joint session to count electoral votes was dissolved so that the House and Senate could resolve the    
  dispute regarding a ballot from North Carolina. The joint session was reconvened the same day and the North   
  Carolina vote was counted.                                                                                    
\27\ Because the Governor had laryngitis, his speech was read by his wife, Pamela.                              
\28\ The ceremony was moved inside because of extremely cold weather.                                           
\29\ This speech was mislabeled in many sources as a State of the Union Address.                                
\30\ President Kim Yong-sam was in Washington for the dedication of the Korean Veterans' Memorial, held the day 
  after this joint meeting.                                                                                     
\31\ This was the first State of the Union Address carried live on the Internet.                                

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