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President | Date President Took Office |
Date of First Solo Press Conference |
Days Elapsed to First Solo Conference |
First Joint News Conference |
Coolidge | 8/3/1923 | 8/21/1923 | 18 | na |
Hoover | 3/4/1929 | 3/5/1929 | 1 | na |
FDRoosevelt | 3/4/1933 | 3/8/1933 | 4 | 12/23/1941 |
Truman | 4/12/1945 | 4/17/1945 | 5 | 6/12/1947 |
Eisenhower | 1/20/1953 | 2/17/1953 | 28 | na |
Kennedy | 1/20/1961 | 1/25/1961 | 5 | 9/26/1962 |
LBJohnson | 11/22/1963 | 12/7/1963 | 15 | 5/12/1966 |
Nixon | 1/20/1969 | 1/27/1969 | 7 | na |
Ford | 8/9/1974 | 8/28/1974 | 19 | 10/21/1974 |
Carter | 1/20/1977 | 2/8/1977 | 19 | na |
Reagan | 1/20/1981 | 1/29/1981 | 9 | na |
Bush41 | 1/20/1989 | 1/27/1989 | 7 | 5/21/1989 |
Clinton | 1/20/1993 | 1/29/1993 | 9 | 2/5/1993 |
Bush43 | 1/20/2001 | 2/22/2001 | 33 | 2/16/2001 |
Obama | 1/20/2009 | 2/9/2009 | 20 | 2/19/2009 |
Trump | 1/20/2017 | 2/16/2017 | 27 | 1/27/2017 |
Biden | 1/20/2021 | 3/25/2021 | 64 | 4/16/2021 |
Average, Coolidge - Trump: | 14 |