Here's the full list of State of the Union dates going back to Roosevelt in 1934 before which ratification of the 20th Amendment occurred on 23 Jan 1933, changing the opening of Congress from early March to early January.
Roosevelt
1934-01-03
1935-01-04
1936-01-03
1937-01-06
1938-01-03
1939-01-04
1940-01-03
1941-01-06
1942-01-06
1943-01-07
1944-01-11
1945-01-06
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Truman
1946-01-14
1947-01-06
1948-01-07
1949-01-05
1950-01-04
1951-01-08
1952-01-09
1953-01-07 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Eisenhower
1953-02-02 (incoming SOTU)
1954-01-07
1955-01-06
1956-01-05
1957-01-10
1958-01-09
1959-01-09
1960-01-07
1961-01-12 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Kennedy
1961-01-30 (incoming SOTU)
1962-01-11
1963-01-14
-
Johnson
1964-01-08
1965-01-04
1966-01-12
1967-01-10
1968-01-17
1969-01-14
-
Nixon
1970-01-22
1971-01-22
1972-01-20
1973-02-02
1974-01-30
-
Ford
1975-01-15
1976-01-19
1977-01-12
-
Carter
1978-01-19
1979-01-23
1980-01-23
1981-01-16 (last written SOTU)
-
Regan
1982-01-26
1983-01-25
1984-01-25
1985-02-01
1986-02-04
1987-01-27
1988-01-25
-
GBush
1989-02-09
1990-01-31
1991-01-29
1992-01-28
-
BClinton
1993-02-17
1994-01-25
1995-01-24
1996-01-23
1997-02-04
1998-01-27
1999-01-19
2000-01-27
-
GWBush
2001-02-27 - 2nd LATEST
2002-01-29
2003-01-28
2004-01-20
2005-02-02
2006-01-31
2007-01-24
2008-01-28
-
Obama
2009-02-24
2010-01-27
2011-01-25
2012-01-24
2013-02-12
2014-01-28
2015-01-20
2016-01-12
-
Trump
2017-02-28 - LATEST
2018-01-30
2019-02-05
2020-02-04
Biden sets history by not giving a SOTU in Jan/Feb of his Presidency.
I will leave this little information dig with the comment that today is 28th Feb and Trump will give his first speech in public at CPAC after "leaving office". Now go and look at the date of Trump's inaugural SOTU in 2017.
Do you believe in coincidences?
Here's the full list of dates going back to Roosevelt in 1934 before which ratification of the 20th Amendment occurred on 23 Jan 1933, changing the opening of Congress from early March to early January.
Roosevelt
1934-01-03
1935-01-04
1936-01-03
1937-01-06
1938-01-03
1939-01-04
1940-01-03
1941-01-06
1942-01-06
1943-01-07
1944-01-11
1945-01-06
-
Truman
1946-01-14
1947-01-06
1948-01-07
1949-01-05
1950-01-04
1951-01-08
1952-01-09
1953-01-07 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Eisenhower
1953-02-02 (incoming SOTU)
1954-01-07
1955-01-06
1956-01-05
1957-01-10
1958-01-09
1959-01-09
1960-01-07
1961-01-12 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Kennedy
1961-01-30 (incoming SOTU)
1962-01-11
1963-01-14
-
Johnson
1964-01-08
1965-01-04
1966-01-12
1967-01-10
1968-01-17
1969-01-14
-
Nixon
1970-01-22
1971-01-22
1972-01-20
1973-02-02
1974-01-30
-
Ford
1975-01-15
1976-01-19
1977-01-12
-
Carter
1978-01-19
1979-01-23
1980-01-23
1981-01-16 (last written SOTU)
-
Regan
1982-01-26
1983-01-25
1984-01-25
1985-02-01
1986-02-04
1987-01-27
1988-01-25
-
GBush
1989-02-09
1990-01-31
1991-01-29
1992-01-28
-
BClinton
1993-02-17
1994-01-25
1995-01-24
1996-01-23
1997-02-04
1998-01-27
1999-01-19
2000-01-27
-
GWBush
2001-02-27 - 2nd LATEST
2002-01-29
2003-01-28
2004-01-20
2005-02-02
2006-01-31
2007-01-24
2008-01-28
-
Obama
2009-02-24
2010-01-27
2011-01-25
2012-01-24
2013-02-12
2014-01-28
2015-01-20
2016-01-12
-
Trump
2017-02-28 - LATEST
2018-01-30
2019-02-05
2020-02-04
Biden sets history by not giving a SOTU in Jan/Feb of his Presidency.
I will leave this little information dig with the comment that today is 28th Feb and Trump will give his first speech in public at CPAC after "leaving office". Now go and look at the date of Trump's inaugural SOTU in 2017.
Do you believe in coincidences?
Here's the full list of dates going back to Roosevelt in 1934 before which ratification of the 20th Amendment occurred on 23 Jan 1933, changed the opening of Congress from early March to early January.
Roosevelt
1934-01-03
1935-01-04
1936-01-03
1937-01-06
1938-01-03
1939-01-04
1940-01-03
1941-01-06
1942-01-06
1943-01-07
1944-01-11
1945-01-06
-
Truman
1946-01-14
1947-01-06
1948-01-07
1949-01-05
1950-01-04
1951-01-08
1952-01-09
1953-01-07 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Eisenhower
1953-02-02 (incoming SOTU)
1954-01-07
1955-01-06
1956-01-05
1957-01-10
1958-01-09
1959-01-09
1960-01-07
1961-01-12 (outgoing SOTU)
-
Kennedy
1961-01-30 (incoming SOTU)
1962-01-11
1963-01-14
-
Johnson
1964-01-08
1965-01-04
1966-01-12
1967-01-10
1968-01-17
1969-01-14
-
Nixon
1970-01-22
1971-01-22
1972-01-20
1973-02-02
1974-01-30
-
Ford
1975-01-15
1976-01-19
1977-01-12
-
Carter
1978-01-19
1979-01-23
1980-01-23
1981-01-16 (last written SOTU)
-
Regan
1982-01-26
1983-01-25
1984-01-25
1985-02-01
1986-02-04
1987-01-27
1988-01-25
-
GBush
1989-02-09
1990-01-31
1991-01-29
1992-01-28
-
BClinton
1993-02-17
1994-01-25
1995-01-24
1996-01-23
1997-02-04
1998-01-27
1999-01-19
2000-01-27
-
GWBush
2001-02-27 - 2nd LATEST
2002-01-29
2003-01-28
2004-01-20
2005-02-02
2006-01-31
2007-01-24
2008-01-28
-
Obama
2009-02-24
2010-01-27
2011-01-25
2012-01-24
2013-02-12
2014-01-28
2015-01-20
2016-01-12
-
Trump
2017-02-28 - LATEST
2018-01-30
2019-02-05
2020-02-04
Biden sets history by not giving a SOTU in Jan/Feb of his Presidency.
I will leave this little information dig with the comment that today is 28th Feb and Trump will give his first speech in public at CPAC after "leaving office". Now go and look at the date of Trump's inaugural SOTU in 2017.
Do you believe in coincidences?