The American Presidency Project

Number of Presidential Requests of Congress in State of the Union Addresses

Truman - Clinton

 

President
Year
Total Requests
First-time Requests
Repeat Requests
Truman I
1946
41
16
25
 
1947
23
21
2
 
1948
16
6
9
Truman II
1949
28
17
11
 
1950
20
9
11
 
1951
11
5
6
 
1952
19
7
12
Eisenhower
1953
14
14
0
 
1954
39
35
4
 
1955
32
19
14
 
1956
 
 
 
Eisenhower II
1957
14
6
8
 
1958
 
 
 
 
1959
16
14
2
 
1960
6
1
5
Kennedy
1961
25
25
 
 
1962
24
16
 
 
1963
18
6
 
Johnson
1964
17
6
 
 
1965
38
34
 
 
1966
31
24
 
 
1967
27
19
 
 
1968
26
14
 
Nixon I
1969
17
17
 
 
1970
21
12
 
 
1971
20
8
 
 
1972
17
3
 
Nixon II
1973
23
20
 
 
1974
16
5
 
Ford
1975
13
10
 
 
1976
13
6
 
Carter
1977
21
21
 
 
1978
11
8
 
 
1979
13
8
 
 
1980
11
4
 
Reagan I
1981
8
8
 
 
1982
8
7
 
 
1983
14
11
 
 
1984
9
4
 
Reagan II
1985
7
0
 
 
1986
5
0
 
 
1987
5
0
 
 
1988
54
0
 
Bush
1989
34
33
0
 
1990
18
15
3
 
1991
20
12
8
 
1992
27
13
14
Clinton I
1993
30
30
0
 
1994
22
15
8
 
1995
25
16
9
 
1996
19
7
12
Clinton II
1997
26
15
14

 

Source(s)

• (1961-1988) Paul Light, The Presidential Agenda, rev. ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 42, 241.

• (1945-1960 & 1989-1997) Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 382-83.