List of joint sessions of the United States Congress
As of July 2024, there have been 464 joint sessions and joint meetings of the United States Congress.
1780s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | April 6, 1789 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1789 presidential election | None |
| April 30, 1789 | Joint session | Inauguration of George Washington and church service | George Washington, President of the United States Samuel Provoost, Chaplain of the Senate |
1790s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | January 8, 1790 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States |
| December 8, 1790 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States | |
| 2nd | October 25, 1791 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States |
| November 6, 1792 | Joint Session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States | |
| February 13, 1793 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1792 presidential election | None | |
| 3rd | March 4, 1793 | Inauguration | Inauguration of George Washington | George Washington, President of the United States |
| December 3, 1793 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States | |
| November 19, 1794 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States | |
| 4th | December 8, 1795 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States |
| December 7, 1796 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George Washington, President of the United States | |
| February 8, 1797 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1796 presidential election | None | |
| 5th | March 4, 1797 | Inauguration | Inauguration of John Adams | John Adams, President of the United States |
| May 16, 1797 | Joint session | Discussing relations with France | John Adams, President of the United States | |
| November 23, 1797 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John Adams, President of the United States | |
| December 8, 1798 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John Adams, President of the United States | |
| 6th | December 3, 1799 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John Adams, President of the United States |
| December 26, 1799 | Joint session | Funeral of George Washington | Henry Lee III, U.S. Representative |
1800s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | November 22, 1800 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John Adams, President of the United States |
| February 11, 1801 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1800 presidential election | None | |
| 7th | March 4, 1801 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States |
| 8th | February 13, 1805 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1804 presidential election | None |
| 9th | March 5, 1805 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States |
| 10th | February 8, 1809 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1808 presidential election | None |
| 11th | March 4, 1809 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James Madison | James Madison, President of the United States |
1810s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th | February 10, 1813 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1812 presidential election | None |
| 13th | March 4, 1813 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James Madison | James Madison, President of the United States |
| 14th | February 12, 1817 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1816 presidential election | None |
| 15th | March 4, 1817 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James Monroe | James Monroe, President of the United States |
1820s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th | February 14, 1821 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1820 presidential election | None |
| 17th | March 5, 1821 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James Monroe | James Monroe, President of the United States |
| 18th | December 10, 1824 | House address (this was a speech to the House, but several Senators were present as guests of the House; not a joint meeting) |
Message from Lafayette | Henry Clay, Speaker of the House Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, French General |
| February 9, 1825 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1824 presidential election | None | |
| 19th | March 4, 1825 | Inauguration | Inauguration of John Quincy Adams | John Quincy Adams, President of the United States |
| 20th | February 11, 1829 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1828 presidential election | None |
| 21st | March 4, 1829 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson, President of the United States |
1830s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd | February 13, 1833 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1832 presidential election | None |
| 23rd | March 4, 1833 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson, President of the United States |
| December 31, 1834 | Joint session | Eulogy of Lafayette | John Quincy Adams, U.S. Representative Also attended by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States | |
| 24th | February 8, 1837 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1836 presidential election | None |
| 25th | March 4, 1837 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Martin Van Buren | Martin Van Buren, President of the United States |
1840s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th | February 10, 1841 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1840 presidential election | None |
| 27th | March 4, 1841 | Inauguration | Inauguration of William Henry Harrison | William Henry Harrison, President of the United States |
| 28th | February 12, 1845 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1844 presidential election | None |
| 29th | March 4, 1845 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James K. Polk | James K. Polk, President of the United States |
| 30th | February 14, 1849 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1848 presidential election | None |
| 31st | March 5, 1849 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Zachary Taylor | Zachary Taylor, President of the United States |
1850s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31st | July 10, 1850 | Joint session | Inauguration of Millard Fillmore | None |
| 32nd | January 7, 1852 | Joint session | Former leader of revolutionary Hungary (1848–1849), Lajos Kossuth (in exile), appeals to US Congress to help Hungary and other nations in their struggle against European (neo-)absolutism | Lajos Kossuth |
| 32nd | February 9, 1853 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1852 presidential election | None |
| 33rd | March 4, 1853 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Franklin Pierce | Franklin Pierce, President of the United States |
| 34th | February 11, 1857 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1856 presidential election | None |
| 35th | March 4, 1857 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James Buchanan | James Buchanan, President of the United States |
1860s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36th | February 13, 1861 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1860 presidential election | None |
| 37th | March 4, 1861 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States |
| February 22, 1862 | Joint session | Reading of Washington's Farewell Address | John Weiss Forney, Secretary of the Senate | |
| 38th | February 8, 1865 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1864 presidential election | None |
| 39th | March 4, 1865 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States |
| February 12, 1866 | Joint session | Memorial for Lincoln | George Bancroft, Historian Also attended by Andrew Johnson, President of the United States | |
| 40th | February 10, 1869 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1868 presidential election | None |
| 41st | March 4, 1869 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States |
1870s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42nd | February 12, 1873 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1872 presidential election | None |
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States |
| December 18, 1874 | Joint session | Reception of King Kalākaua | James G. Blaine, Speaker of the House Kalākaua, King of Hawaii | |
| 44th | February 1, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None |
| February 10, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 12, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 19, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 20, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 21, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 24, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 26, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| February 28, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| March 1, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| March 2, 1877 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1876 presidential election | None | |
| 45th | March 5, 1877 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes | Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States |
1880s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46th | February 9, 1881 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1880 presidential election | None |
| 47th | March 4, 1881 | Inauguration | Inauguration of James A. Garfield | James A. Garfield, President of the United States |
| February 27, 1882 | Joint session | Memorial to Garfield | James G. Blaine, Former Secretary of State Also attended by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States | |
| 48th | February 11, 1885 | Joint session | Count electoral votes for the 1884 presidential election | None |
| February 21, 1885 | Joint session | Completion of Washington Monument | John Davis Long, U.S. Representative John W. Daniel, U.S. Representative-elect Also attended by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States | |
| 49th | March 4, 1885 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Grover Cleveland | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States |
| 50th | February 13, 1889 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1888 presidential election | None |
| 51st | March 4, 1889 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States |
| December 11, 1889 | Joint session | Centennial of Washington's first inauguration | Melville Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States Also attended by Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States |
1890s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52nd | February 8, 1893 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1892 presidential election | None |
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Grover Cleveland | Grover Cleveland, President of the United States |
| 54th | February 10, 1897 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1896 presidential election | None |
| 55th | March 4, 1897 | Inauguration | Inauguration of William McKinley | William McKinley, President of the United States |
1900s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56th | December 12, 1900 | Joint meeting | Centennial of Washington, D.C. | James D. Richardson, U.S. Representative Sereno E. Payne, U.S. Representative George Frisbie Hoar, U.S. Senator Also attended by William McKinley, President of the United States |
| February 13, 1901 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1900 presidential election | None | |
| 57th | March 4, 1901 | Inauguration | Inauguration of William McKinley | William McKinley, President of the United States |
| February 27, 1902 | Joint session | Memorial to McKinley | John Hay, Secretary of State Also attended by Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States and Prince Heinrich of Prussia | |
| 58th | February 8, 1905 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1904 presidential election | None |
| 59th | March 4, 1905 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| 60th | February 10, 1909 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1908 presidential election | None |
| 61st | March 4, 1909 | Inauguration | Inauguration of William Howard Taft | William Howard Taft, President of the United States |
1910s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62nd | February 12, 1913 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1912 presidential election | None |
| February 15, 1913 | Joint session | Memorial for James S. Sherman | Elihu Root, U.S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, U.S. Senator Jacob Harold Gallinger, U.S. Senator John Thornton, U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Senator John W. Kern, U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., U.S. Senator John Sharp Williams, U.S. Senator Charles Curtis, U.S. Senator Albert B. Cummins, U.S. Senator George T. Oliver, U.S. Senator James Aloysius O'Gorman, U.S. Senator Champ Clark, Speaker of the House William Howard Taft, President of the United States | |
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States |
| April 8, 1913 | Joint session | Tariff message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| June 23, 1913 | Joint session | Currency and banking reform message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| August 27, 1913 | Joint session | Discussing Mexican affairs | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| December 2, 1913 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| January 20, 1914 | Joint session | Trusts and monopolies message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| March 5, 1914 | Joint session | Panama Canal tolls | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| April 20, 1914 | Joint session | Discussing the Tampico Affair | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| September 4, 1914 | Joint session | War tax message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| December 8, 1914 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| 64th | December 7, 1915 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States |
| August 29, 1916 | Joint session | Demands for railroad employees message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| December 5, 1916 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| February 3, 1917 | Joint session | Announcing break of relations with Germany | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| February 14, 1917 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1916 presidential election | None | |
| February 26, 1917 | Joint session | Arming merchant ships | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| 65th | March 5, 1917 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States |
| April 2, 1917 | Joint session | U.S. entry into World War I | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| December 4, 1917 | Joint session | State of the Union address and war with Austria-Hungary | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| January 4, 1918 | Joint session | Federal operation of railways | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| January 8, 1918 | Joint session | Fourteen Points speech | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| February 11, 1918 | Joint session | Peace message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| May 27, 1918 | Joint session | War finance message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| November 11, 1918 | Joint session | Discussing Armistice with Germany | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| December 2, 1918 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States | |
| February 9, 1919 | Joint session | Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt | Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Senator Also attended by William Howard Taft, Former President of the United States | |
| 66th | August 8, 1919 | Joint session | Cost of living message | Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States |
| September 18, 1919 | Joint session | Address | Albert B. Cummins, President pro tempore of the Senate Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House Champ Clark, U.S. Representative John J. Pershing, General |
1920s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66th | February 9, 1921 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1920 presidential election | None |
| 67th | March 4, 1921 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Warren G. Harding | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States |
| April 12, 1921 | Joint session | Federal problem message | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| December 6, 1921 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| February 28, 1922 | Joint session | Maintenance of the merchant marine | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| August 18, 1922 | Joint session | Coal and railroad message | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| November 21, 1922 | Joint session | Promotion of the American Merchant Marine | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| December 8, 1922 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| February 7, 1923 | Joint session | Discussing the British debt to the United States | Warren G. Harding, President of the United States | |
| 68th | December 6, 1923 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States |
| February 27, 1924 | Joint session | Memorial to Warren G. Harding | Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State Also attended by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States | |
| December 15, 1924 | Joint session | Memorial to Woodrow Wilson | Edwin Alderman, President of the University of Virginia Also attended by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States | |
| February 11, 1925 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1924 presidential election | None | |
| 69th | March 4, 1925 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Calvin Coolidge | Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States |
| February 22, 1927 | Joint session | Washington's Birthday message | Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States | |
| 70th | February 13, 1929 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1928 presidential election | None |
| 71st | March 4, 1929 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Herbert Hoover | Herbert Hoover, President of the United States |
1930s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72nd | February 22, 1932 | Joint session | Bicentennial of George Washington's birthday | Herbert Hoover, President of the United States |
| February 6, 1933 | Joint meeting | Memorial to Calvin Coolidge | Arthur Prentice Rugg, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Also attended by Herbert Hoover, President of the United States | |
| February 8, 1933 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1932 presidential election | None | |
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| January 3, 1934 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| May 20, 1934 | Joint session | 100th anniversary of Lafayette's death | André Lefebvre de La Boulaye, French ambassador to the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States Also attended by Count de Chambrun, Great-grandson of Lafayette | |
| 74th | January 4, 1935 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| May 22, 1935 | Joint session | Veto message | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| January 3, 1936 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| 75th | January 6, 1937 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1936 presidential election | None |
| January 6, 1937 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| January 20, 1937 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States John Nance Garner, Vice President of the United States | |
| January 3, 1938 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| 76th | January 4, 1939 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| March 4, 1939 | Joint session | Sesquicentennial of the 1st Congress | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| June 9, 1939 | Joint meeting | Reception | George VI, King of Canada[1][2][3] Queen Elizabeth, Queen consort of Canada | |
| September 21, 1939 | Joint session | American neutrality in World War II | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
1940s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76th | January 3, 1940 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| May 16, 1940 | Joint session | Discussing national defense | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| 77th | January 6, 1941 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1940 presidential election | None |
| January 6, 1941 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| January 20, 1941 | Joint session | Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States | |
| December 8, 1941 | Joint session | Day of Infamy speech | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| December 26, 1941 | Joint meeting | First address (Transcript) | Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| January 6, 1942 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| 78th | January 7, 1943 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States |
| February 18, 1943 | Joint session | Address | Soong Mei-ling, First Lady of the Republic of China[4] | |
| May 19, 1943 | Joint meeting | Second address | Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| November 18, 1943 | Joint meeting | Moscow Conference | Cordell Hull, Secretary of State | |
| 79th | January 6, 1945 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1944 presidential election | None |
| January 6, 1945 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Roosevelt was not present, so his address was read before Congress | |
| January 20, 1945 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States Harry S. Truman, Vice President of the United States | |
| March 1, 1945 | Joint session | Yalta Conference | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States | |
| April 16, 1945 | Joint session | Prosecution of the War | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| May 21, 1945 | Joint session | Bestowal of the Medal of Honor on Jake W. Lindsey | George Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| June 18, 1945 | Joint meeting | Address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force | |
| October 5, 1945 | Joint meeting | Address | Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet | |
| October 23, 1945 | Joint session | Universal military training message | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| November 13, 1945 | Joint meeting | Address | Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| May 25, 1946 | Joint session | Railroad strike message | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| July 1, 1946 | Joint session | Memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt | John Winant, U.S. representative to UNESCO Also attended by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States and Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the United States | |
| 80th | January 6, 1947 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States |
| March 12, 1947 | Joint session | Aid to Greece and Turkey (Truman Doctrine) | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| May 1, 1947 | Joint meeting | Address | Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico | |
| November 17, 1947 | Joint session | Aid to Europe (Marshall Plan) | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| January 7, 1948 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| March 17, 1948 | Joint session | National security and conditions in Europe | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| April 19, 1948 | Joint session | 50th anniversary of the liberation of Cuba | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States Guillermo Belt, Cuban ambassador to the United States | |
| July 27, 1948 | Joint session | Inflation, housing, and civil rights | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| 81st | January 5, 1949 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States |
| January 6, 1949 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1948 presidential election | None | |
| January 20, 1949 | Joint session | Inauguration of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States | |
| May 19, 1949 | Joint meeting | Address | Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil |
1950s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81st | January 4, 1950 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States |
| May 31, 1950 | Joint meeting | Address | Dean Acheson, Secretary of State | |
| August 1, 1950 | Joint meeting | Address | Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia | |
| 82nd | January 8, 1951 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States |
| February 1, 1951 | Joint meeting | NATO | Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army | |
| April 2, 1951 | Joint meeting | Address | Vincent Auriol, President of France | |
| April 19, 1951 | Joint meeting | Address | Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army | |
| June 21, 1951 | Joint meeting | Address | Galo Plaza, President of Ecuador | |
| September 24, 1951 | Joint meeting | Address | Alcide de Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy | |
| January 9, 1952 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| January 17, 1952 | Joint meeting | Third Address | Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| April 3, 1952 | Joint meeting | Address | Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands | |
| May 22, 1952 | Joint meeting | Korean War | Matthew Ridgway, General | |
| June 10, 1952 | Joint session | Steel industry dispute | Harry S. Truman, President of the United States | |
| 83rd | January 6, 1953 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1952 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1953 | Joint session | Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States Richard Nixon, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 2, 1953 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States | |
| January 7, 1954 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States | |
| January 29, 1954 | Joint meeting | Address | Celal Bayar, President of Turkey | |
| May 4, 1954 | Joint meeting | Address | Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada | |
| May 28, 1954 | Joint meeting | Address | Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia | |
| July 28, 1954 | Joint meeting | Address | Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea | |
| 84th | January 6, 1955 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States |
| January 27, 1955 | Joint meeting | Address | Paul Magloire, President of Haiti | |
| February 29, 1956 | Joint meeting | Address | Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic | |
| May 17, 1956 | Joint meeting | Address | Sukarno, President of Indonesia | |
| 85th | January 5, 1957 | Joint session | Middle East message | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States |
| January 7, 1957 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1956 presidential election | None | |
| January 10, 1957 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States | |
| January 21, 1957 | Joint session | Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States Richard Nixon, Vice President of the United States | |
| May 9, 1957 | Joint meeting | Address | Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam | |
| January 9, 1958 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States | |
| June 5, 1958 | Joint meeting | Address | Theodor Heuss, President of West Germany | |
| June 18, 1958 | Joint meeting | Address | Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines | |
| 86th | January 9, 1959 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States |
| January 21, 1959 | Joint meeting | Address | Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina | |
| February 12, 1959 | Joint session | Sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday | Fredric March, Actor Carl Sandburg, Poet | |
| March 11, 1959 | Joint meeting | Address | José María Lemus, President of El Salvador | |
| March 18, 1959 | Joint meeting | Address | Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland | |
| May 12, 1959 | Joint meeting | Address | Baudouin, King of the Belgians |
1960s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86th | January 7, 1960 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States |
| April 6, 1960 | Joint meeting | Address | Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia | |
| April 25, 1960 | Joint meeting | Address | Charles de Gaulle, President of France | |
| April 28, 1960 | Joint meeting | Address | Mahendra, King of Nepal | |
| June 29, 1960 | Joint meeting | Address | Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand | |
| 87th | January 6, 1961 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1960 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1961 | Joint session | Inauguration of John F. Kennedy | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President of the United States | |
| January 30, 1961 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States | |
| May 4, 1961 | Joint meeting | Address | Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia | |
| May 25, 1961 | Joint session | Lunar exploration: "Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs" | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States | |
| July 12, 1961 | Joint meeting | Address | Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan | |
| September 21, 1961 | Joint meeting | Address | Manuel Prado Ugarteche, President of Peru | |
| January 11, 1962 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States | |
| February 26, 1962 | Joint meeting | Flight of Mercury-Atlas 6 | John Glenn, Astronaut | |
| April 4, 1962 | Joint meeting | Address | João Goulart, President of Brazil | |
| April 12, 1962 | Joint meeting | Address | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shahanshah and Aryamehr of Iran | |
| 88th | January 14, 1963 | Joint session | State of the Union address | John F. Kennedy, President of the United States |
| May 21, 1963 | Joint meeting | Flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 | Gordon Cooper, Astronaut | |
| November 27, 1963 | Joint session | Assumption of the Presidency: "Let Us Continue" | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| January 8, 1964 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| January 15, 1964 | Joint meeting | Address | Antonio Segni, President of the Italian Republic | |
| May 28, 1964 | Joint meeting | Address | Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland | |
| 89th | January 4, 1965 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States |
| January 6, 1965 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1964 presidential election | None | |
| January 20, 1965 | Joint session | Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States Hubert Humphrey, Vice President of the United States | |
| March 15, 1965 | Joint session | Voting rights: "We Shall Overcome" | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| September 14, 1965 | Joint meeting | Flight of Gemini 5 | Gordon Cooper, Astronaut Pete Conrad, Astronaut | |
| January 12, 1966 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| September 15, 1966 | Joint meeting | Address | Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines | |
| 90th | January 10, 1967 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States |
| April 28, 1967 | Joint meeting | Vietnam War | William Westmoreland, General | |
| October 27, 1967 | Joint meeting | Address | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico | |
| January 17, 1968 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| 91st | January 6, 1969 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1968 presidential election | None |
| January 9, 1969 | Joint meeting | Flight of Apollo 8 | Frank Borman, Astronaut Jim Lovell, Astronaut William Anders, Astronaut | |
| January 14, 1969 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States | |
| January 20, 1969 | Joint session | Inauguration of Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon, President of the United States Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States | |
| September 16, 1969 | Joint meeting | Flight of Apollo 11 | Neil Armstrong, Astronaut Edwin Aldrin, Astronaut Michael Collins, Astronaut |
1970s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91st | January 22, 1970 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Richard Nixon, President of the United States |
| February 25, 1970 | Joint meeting | Address | Georges Pompidou, President of France | |
| June 3, 1970 | Joint meeting | Address | Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela | |
| September 22, 1970 | Joint meeting | Report on prisoners of war | Frank Borman, Representative to the President on Prisoners of War | |
| 92nd | January 22, 1971 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Richard Nixon, President of the United States |
| September 9, 1971 | Joint session | Economic policy | Richard Nixon, President of the United States | |
| September 9, 1971 | Joint meeting | Flight of Apollo 15 | David Scott, Astronaut James Irwin, Astronaut Alfred Worden, Astronaut | |
| January 20, 1972 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Richard Nixon, President of the United States | |
| June 1, 1972 | Joint session | European trip report | Richard Nixon, President of the United States | |
| June 15, 1972 | Joint meeting | Address | Luis Echeverría, President of Mexico | |
| 93rd | January 6, 1973 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1972 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1973 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Richard Nixon | Richard Nixon, President of the United States Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States | |
| December 6, 1973 | Joint meeting | Swearing in of Gerald Ford as Vice President | Gerald Ford, Vice President of the United States Also attended by Richard Nixon, President of the United States | |
| January 30, 1974 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Richard Nixon, President of the United States | |
| August 12, 1974 | Joint session | Assumption of the Presidency | Gerald Ford, President of the United States | |
| October 8, 1974 | Joint session | Discussing the economy | Gerald Ford, President of the United States | |
| 94th | January 15, 1975 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Gerald Ford, President of the United States |
| April 10, 1975 | Joint session | State of the World message | Gerald Ford, President of the United States | |
| June 17, 1975 | Joint meeting | Address | Walter Scheel, President of West Germany | |
| November 5, 1975 | Joint meeting | Address | Anwar El Sadat, President of Egypt | |
| January 19, 1976 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Gerald Ford, President of the United States | |
| January 28, 1976 | Joint meeting | Address | Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| March 17, 1976 | Joint meeting | Address | Liam Cosgrave, Taoiseach of Ireland | |
| May 18, 1976 | Joint meeting | Address | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France | |
| June 2, 1976 | Joint meeting | Address | Juan Carlos I, King of Spain | |
| September 23, 1976 | Joint meeting | Address | William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia | |
| 95th | January 6, 1977 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1976 presidential election | None |
| January 12, 1977 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Gerald Ford, President of the United States | |
| January 20, 1977 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Jimmy Carter | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States Walter Mondale, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 22, 1977 | Joint meeting | Address | Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada | |
| April 20, 1977 | Joint session | Discussing energy | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States | |
| January 19, 1978 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States | |
| September 18, 1978 | Joint session | Middle East peace agreements | Attended by Anwar El Sadat, President of Egypt And Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| 96th | January 23, 1979 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States |
| June 18, 1979 | Joint session | SALT II | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States |
1980s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96th | January 23, 1980 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Jimmy Carter, President of the United States |
| 97th | January 6, 1981 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1980 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1981 | Joint session | Inauguration of Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States George H. W. Bush, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 18, 1981 | Joint session | Economic recovery | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| April 28, 1981 | Joint session | Economic recovery and inflation | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| January 26, 1982 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| January 28, 1982 | Joint meeting | Centennial of Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday | Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Historian Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator Claude Pepper, U.S. Representative W. Averell Harriman, Former Governor of New York James Roosevelt, Former U.S. Representative and son of Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| April 21, 1982 | Joint meeting | Address | Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands | |
| 98th | January 25, 1983 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States |
| April 27, 1983 | Joint session | Central America | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| October 5, 1983 | Joint meeting | Address | Karl Carstens, President of West Germany | |
| January 25, 1984 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| March 15, 1984 | Joint meeting | Address | Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach of Ireland | |
| March 22, 1984 | Joint meeting | Address | François Mitterrand, President of France | |
| May 8, 1984 | Joint meeting | Centennial of Harry S. Truman's birthday | Ike Skelton, U.S. Representative Alan Wheat, U.S. Representative Stuart Symington, Former U.S. Senator Margaret Truman, Daughter of Harry S. Truman Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator | |
| May 16, 1984 | Joint meeting | Address | Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico | |
| 99th | January 7, 1985 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1984 presidential election | None |
| January 21, 1985 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States George H. W. Bush, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 6, 1985 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| February 20, 1985 | Joint meeting | Address | Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| March 6, 1985 | Joint meeting | Address | Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy | |
| March 20, 1985 | Joint meeting | Address | Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina | |
| June 13, 1985 | Joint meeting | Address | Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India | |
| October 9, 1985 | Joint meeting | Address | Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore | |
| November 21, 1985 | Joint session | Geneva Summit | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| February 4, 1986 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| September 11, 1986 | Joint meeting | Address | José Sarney, President of Brazil | |
| September 18, 1986 | Joint meeting | Address | Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines | |
| 100th | January 27, 1987 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States |
| November 10, 1987 | Joint meeting | Address | Chaim Herzog, President of Israel | |
| January 25, 1988 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Ronald Reagan, President of the United States | |
| April 27, 1988 | Joint meeting | Address | Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada | |
| June 23, 1988 | Joint meeting | Address | Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia | |
| 101st | January 4, 1989 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1988 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1989 | Inauguration | Inauguration of George H. W. Bush | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 9, 1989 | Joint session | Building a Better America | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| March 2, 1989 | Joint meeting | Bicentennial of the 1st Congress | Robert Byrd, President pro tempore of the Senate Howard Nemerov, Poet Laureate David McCullough, Historian Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury | |
| June 7, 1989 | Joint meeting | Address | Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| October 4, 1989 | Joint meeting | Address | Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico | |
| October 18, 1989 | Joint meeting | Address | Roh Tae-woo, President of South Korea | |
| November 15, 1989 | Joint meeting | Address | Lech Wałęsa, Chairman of Solidarity |
1990s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101st | January 31, 1990 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States |
| February 21, 1990 | Joint meeting | Address | Václav Havel, President of Czechoslovakia | |
| March 7, 1990 | Joint meeting | Address | Giulio Andreotti, Prime Minister of Italy | |
| March 27, 1990 | Joint meeting | Centennial of Dwight D. Eisenhower's birthday | Bob Dole, U.S. Senator Walter Cronkite, Broadcast journalist Winston Churchill, Member of British Parliament and grandson of Winston Churchill Clark Clifford, Former Secretary of Defense James D. Robinson III, Chairman of Eisenhower Centennial Foundation Arnold Palmer, Professional golfer John Eisenhower, Former Ambassador to Belgium and son of Dwight D. Eisenhower Beverly Byron, U.S. Representative William F. Goodling, U.S. Representative Pat Roberts, U.S. Representative | |
| June 26, 1990 | Joint meeting | Address | Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress | |
| September 11, 1990 | Joint session | Invasion of Kuwait | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| 102nd | January 29, 1991 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States |
| March 6, 1991 | Joint session | End of the Gulf War | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| April 16, 1991 | Joint meeting | Address | Violeta Chamorro, President of Nicaragua | |
| May 16, 1991 | Joint meeting | Address | Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Also attended by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | |
| November 14, 1991 | Joint meeting | Address | Carlos Menem, President of Argentina | |
| January 28, 1992 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George H. W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| April 30, 1992 | Joint meeting | Address | Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany | |
| June 17, 1992 | Joint meeting | Address | Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia | |
| 103rd | January 6, 1993 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1992 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1993 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton, President of the United States Al Gore, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 17, 1993 | Joint session | Economic address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| September 22, 1993 | Joint session | Health care reform | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| January 25, 1994 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| May 18, 1994 | Joint meeting | Address | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India | |
| July 26, 1994 | Joint meeting | Addresses | Hussein, King of Jordan Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| October 6, 1994 | Joint meeting | Address | Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa | |
| 104th | January 24, 1995 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States |
| July 26, 1995 | Joint meeting | Address | Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea | |
| October 11, 1995 | Joint meeting | Close of the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of World War II | Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House Al Gore, Vice President of the United States Strom Thurmond, President pro tempore of the Senate Henry Hyde, U.S. Representative Gillespie V. Montgomery, U.S. Representative Daniel Inouye, U.S. Senator Bob Dole, U.S. Senator Robert H. Michel, Former U.S. Representative Louis H. Wilson, Jr., Former Commandant of the Marine Corps | |
| December 12, 1995 | Joint meeting | Address | Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| January 23, 1996 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| February 1, 1996 | Joint meeting | Address | Jacques Chirac, President of France | |
| July 10, 1996 | Joint meeting | Address | Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| September 11, 1996 | Joint meeting | Address | John Bruton, Taoiseach of Ireland | |
| 105th | January 9, 1997 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 1996 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 1997 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton, President of the United States Al Gore, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 4, 1997 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| February 27, 1997 | Joint meeting | Address | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, President of Chile | |
| January 27, 1998 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States | |
| June 10, 1998 | Joint meeting | Address | Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea | |
| July 15, 1998 | Joint meeting | Address | Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania | |
| 106th | January 19, 1999 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States |
2000s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106th | January 27, 2000 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Bill Clinton, President of the United States |
| September 14, 2000 | Joint meeting | Address | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India | |
| 107th | January 6, 2001 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2000 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 2001 | Inauguration | Inauguration of George W. Bush | George W. Bush, President of the United States Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 27, 2001 | Joint session | Budget message | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| September 6, 2001 | Joint meeting | Address | Vicente Fox, President of Mexico | |
| September 20, 2001 | Joint session | Address in response to the September 11 attacks | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| January 29, 2002 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| June 12, 2002† | Joint meeting | Address | John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia | |
| 108th | January 28, 2003 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States |
| July 17, 2003 | Joint meeting | Address | Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| January 20, 2004 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| February 4, 2004 | Joint meeting | Address | José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain | |
| June 15, 2004 | Joint meeting | Address | Hamid Karzai, President of the Afghan Transitional Administration | |
| September 23, 2004 | Joint meeting | Address | Ayad Allawi, Interim Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| 109th | January 6, 2005 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2004 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 2005 | Inauguration | Inauguration of George W. Bush | George W. Bush, President of the United States Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 2, 2005 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| April 6, 2005 | Joint meeting | Address | Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine | |
| July 19, 2005 | Joint meeting | Address | Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India | |
| January 31, 2006 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| March 1, 2006 | Joint meeting | Address | Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy | |
| March 15, 2006 | Joint meeting | Address | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia | |
| May 24, 2006 | Joint meeting | Address | Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| June 7, 2006 | Joint meeting | Address | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia | |
| July 26, 2006 | Joint meeting | Address | Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq | |
| 110th | January 23, 2007 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States |
| March 7, 2007 | Joint meeting | Address | Abdullah II, King of Jordan | |
| November 7, 2007 | Joint meeting | Address | Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France | |
| January 28, 2008 | Joint session | State of the Union address | George W. Bush, President of the United States | |
| April 30, 2008 | Joint meeting | Address | Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland | |
| 111th | January 8, 2009 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2008 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 2009 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Barack Obama | Barack Obama, President of the United States Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 24, 2009 | Joint session | Economic address | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| March 4, 2009 | Joint meeting | Address | Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| September 9, 2009 | Joint session | Health care reform | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| November 3, 2009 | Joint meeting | Address | Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany |
†John Howard's address before the Joint Meeting of Congress in 2002 was originally scheduled for September 12, 2001, but was interrupted by the September 11 attacks. He was already in Washington when the attacks occurred, and sat in on the September 12 session of the House of Representatives.[5]
2010s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111th | January 27, 2010 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States |
| May 20, 2010 | Joint meeting | Address | Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico | |
| 112th | January 25, 2011 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States |
| March 9, 2011 | Joint meeting | Address | Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia | |
| May 24, 2011 | Joint meeting | Address | Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| September 8, 2011 | Joint session | American Labor | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| October 13, 2011 | Joint meeting | Address | Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea | |
| January 24, 2012 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| 113th | January 4, 2013 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2012 presidential election | None |
| January 21, 2013 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Barack Obama | Barack Obama, President of the United States Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 12, 2013 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| May 8, 2013 | Joint meeting | Address | Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea | |
| January 28, 2014 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| September 18, 2014 | Joint meeting | Address | Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine | |
| 114th | January 20, 2015 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States |
| March 3, 2015 | Joint meeting | Address | Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel | |
| March 25, 2015 | Joint meeting | Address | Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan | |
| April 29, 2015 | Joint meeting | Address | Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan | |
| September 24, 2015 | Joint meeting | Address | Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City | |
| January 12, 2016 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Barack Obama, President of the United States | |
| June 8, 2016 | Joint meeting | Address | Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India | |
| 115th | January 6, 2017 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2016 presidential election | None |
| January 20, 2017 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Donald Trump | Donald Trump, President of the United States Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States | |
| February 28, 2017 | Joint session | Address | Donald Trump, President of the United States | |
| January 30, 2018 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Donald Trump, President of the United States | |
| April 25, 2018 | Joint meeting | Address | Emmanuel Macron, President of France | |
| 116th | February 5, 2019 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Donald Trump, President of the United States |
| April 3, 2019 | Joint meeting | Address | Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO |
2020s
[edit]| Congress | Date | Type | Occasion | Dignitary speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116th | February 4, 2020 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Donald Trump, President of the United States |
| 117th | January 6–7, 2021 | Joint session | Counting electoral votes for the 2020 presidential election (Interrupted by the U.S. Capitol attack) |
None |
| January 20, 2021 | Inauguration | Inauguration of Joe Biden | Joe Biden, President of the United States Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States | |
| April 28, 2021 | Joint session | Address | Joe Biden, President of the United States | |
| March 1, 2022 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Joe Biden, President of the United States | |
| March 16, 2022 | Informal meeting[6] | Virtual address | Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine | |
| May 17, 2022 | Joint meeting | Address | Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece | |
| July 20, 2022 | Informal meeting[7] | Address | Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine | |
| December 21, 2022 | Joint meeting | Address | Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine | |
| 118th | February 7, 2023 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Joe Biden, President of the United States |
| April 27, 2023 | Joint meeting | Address | Yoon Suk Yeol, President of South Korea | |
| June 22, 2023 | Joint meeting | Address | Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India | |
| July 19, 2023 | Joint meeting | Address | Isaac Herzog, President of Israel | |
| March 7, 2024 | Joint session | State of the Union address | Joe Biden, President of the United States | |
| April 11, 2024 | Joint meeting | Address | Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan | |
| July 24, 2024 | Joint Meeting | Address | Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel |
See also
[edit]- List of people who have addressed both houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- List of United States Congresses
References
[edit]- ^ King, William Lyon Mackenzie. Diary of Mackenzie King. Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. p. 533. 17 May 1939.
- ^ Douglas, W.A.B.; Greenhous, Brereton (1995). Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War. Toronto: Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 1-55002-151-6.
- ^ Lanctot, Gustave (1964). Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939. Toronto: E.P. Taylor Foundation. ASIN B0006EB752.
- ^ "Soong Mei-ling, "Addresses to the House of Respresentatives and to the Senate," February 18, 1943". USC US-China Institute.
- "HD Historic Archival Stock Footage WWII – China's First Lady Addresses U.S. Congress 1943". YouTube. March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
- "Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Addresses Congress – Audio". HISTORY.com.
- Gittings, John (October 25, 2003). "Obituary: Madame Chiang Kai-shek". The Guardian.
- ^ C-SPAN Video Archive footage of the First Session of the House of Representatives, September 12, 2001. Timestamp 2:58 begins House Speaker Dennis Hastert's recognition of Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
- ^ "Joint Meeting & Joint Session Addresses Before Congress by Foreign Leaders & Dignitaries | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".
- ^ "Joint Meeting & Joint Session Addresses Before Congress by Foreign Leaders & Dignitaries | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".