State of the Union

President Biden delivered the annual State of the Union address on February 7, 2023. This constitutionally mandated address (Article II, section 3) is delivered before a joint session of the House and Senate and a transcript is printed in the Congressional Record.

Remarks are also published in the Compilation of Presidential Documents, a compilation of the official publication of materials released by the White House Press Secretary and published by the Office of the Federal Register.

Presidential addresses are also available in the Congressional Record Bound Editions, and Presidential addresses and remarks back to President Hoover are available in the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, which is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

Learn about the history of the State of the Union address at history.house.gov.

The list below of previous State of the Union and other Presidential addresses before a joint session of Congress includes links to addresses back to 1993 as published in the Compilation of Presidential Documents.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

• February 7, 2023 – Congressional Record Volume 169, Issue 25
• March 1, 2022 – DCPD-202200127
• April 28, 2021 – DCPD-202100347

President Donald J. Trump

• February 4, 2020 – DCPD-202000058
• February 5, 2019 – DCPD-201900063
• January 30, 2018 – DCPD-201800064
• February 28, 2017 – DCPD-201700150

President Barack H. Obama

• January 12, 2016 – DCPD-201600012
• January 20, 2015 – DCPD-201500036
• January 28, 2014 – DCPD-201400050
• February 12, 2013 – DCPD-201300090
• January 24, 2012 – DCPD-201200048
• September 8, 2011 – American Jobs Act – DCPD-201100614
• January 25, 2011 – DCPD-201100047
• January 27, 2010 – DCPD-201000055
• September 9, 2009 – Health Care Reform – DCPD-200900693
• February 24, 2009 – Address – DCPD-200900105

President George W. Bush

• January 28, 2008 – 44 WCPD 117
• January 22, 2007 – 43 WCPD 57
• January 31, 2006 – 42 WCPD 145
• February 2, 2005 – 41 WCPD 126
• January 20, 2004 – 40 WCPD 94
• January 28, 2003 – 39 WCPD 109
• January 29, 2002 – 38 WCPD 133
• September 20, 2001 – War on Terrorism – 37 WCPD 1347
• February 27, 2001– Budget Message – 37 WCPD 351

President William J. Clinton

• January 27, 2000 – 36 WCPD 160
• January 19, 1999 – 35 WCPD 78
• January 27, 1998 – 34 WCPD 129
• February 4, 1997 – 33 WCPD 136
• January 23, 1996 – 32 WCPD 90
• January 24, 1995 – 31 WCPD 96
• January 25, 1994 – 30 WCPD 148
• September 22, 1993 – Health Care Reform – 29 WCPD 1836
• February 17, 1993 – Economic Address – 129 WCPD 215