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Speech by US president George H. W. Bush
The
1990 State of the Union Address
was given by the 41st
president of the United States
,
George H. W. Bush
, on January 31, 1990, at 9:00 p.m.
EST
, in the chamber of the
United States House of Representatives
to the
101st United States Congress
. It was Bush's first
State of the Union Address
and his
second speech
to a
joint session of the United States Congress
. Presiding over this joint session was the
House speaker
,
Tom Foley
, accompanied by
Dan Quayle
, the
vice president
, in his capacity as the
president of the Senate
.
The speech lasted 35 minutes and 43 seconds.
[1]
and contained 3777 words.
[2]
The
Democratic Party
response
was delivered by House Speaker
Tom Foley
(WA).
[3]
Edward J. Derwinski
, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
, served as the
designated survivor
.
[4]
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- Legend:
Address to Joint Session
- Written message
- Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
- †
Included a detailed written supplement
- ‡
Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents
William Henry Harrison
(1841) and
James Garfield
(1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union
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