60th to 79th Congresses
(March 4, 1907 to January 3, 1947)
| Date | Type | Occasion, topic, or location | Name and position of dignitary
(Where Applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
60th Congress (1907–1909)
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| Feb. 10, 1909 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
61st Congress (1909–1911)
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| Mar. 4, 1909 | Inauguration | Senate Chamber15 | President William Howard Taft. |
62nd Congress (1911–1913)
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| Feb. 12, 1913 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
| Feb. 15, 1913 | Joint Session | Memorial for Vice President James S. Sherman16 | Senators Elihu Root, Thomas S. Martin, Jacob H. Gallinger, John R. Thornton, Henry Cabot Lodge, John W. Kern, Robert M. LaFollette, John Sharp Williams, Charles Curtis, Albert B. Cummins, George T. Oliver, James A. O'Gorman; Speaker Champ Clark; President William Howard Taft. |
63rd Congress (1913–1915)
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| Mar. 4, 1913 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 8, 1913 | Joint Session | Tariff message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| June 23, 1913 | Joint Session | Currency and bank reform message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Aug. 27, 1913 | Joint Session | Mexican affairs message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 2, 1913 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 20, 1914 | Joint Session | Trusts message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Mar. 5, 1914 | Joint Session | Panama Canal tolls | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 20, 1914 | Joint Session | Mexico message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Sept. 4, 1914 | Joint Session | War tax message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 8, 1914 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
64th Congress (1915–1917)
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| Dec. 7, 1915 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Aug. 29, 1916 | Joint Session | Railroad message (labor-management dispute) | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 5, 1916 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 3, 1917 | Joint Session | Severing diplomatic relations with Germany | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 14, 1917 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
| Feb. 26, 1917 | Joint Session | Arming of merchant ships | President Woodrow Wilson. |
65th Congress (1917–1919)
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| Mar. 5, 1917 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Apr. 2, 1917 | Joint Session | War with Germany | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 4, 1917 | Joint Session | Annual Message/War with Austria-Hungary | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 4, 1918 | Joint Session | Federal operation of transportation systems | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Jan. 8, 1918 | Joint Session | Program for world's peace | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 11, 1918 | Joint Session | Peace message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| May 27, 1918 | Joint Session | War finance message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Nov. 11, 1918 | Joint Session | Terms of armistice signed by Germany | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Dec. 2, 1918 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Feb. 9, 1919 | Joint Session | Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.; ceremony attended by former President William Howard Taft. |
66th Congress (1919–1921)
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| Aug. 8, 1919 | Joint Session | Cost of living message | President Woodrow Wilson. |
| Sept. 18, 1919 | Joint Session | Address | President pro tempore Albert B. Cummins; Speaker Frederick H. Gillett; Representative and former Speaker Champ Clark; General John J. Pershing. |
| Feb. 9, 1921 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
67th Congress (1921–1923)
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| Mar. 4, 1921 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Apr. 12, 1921 | Joint Session | Federal problem message | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Dec. 6, 1921 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Feb. 28, 1922 | Joint Session | Maintenance of the merchant marine | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Aug. 18, 1922 | Joint Session | Coal and railroad message | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Nov. 21, 1922 | Joint Session | Promotion of the American merchant marine | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Dec. 8, 1922 | Joint Session | Annual Message17 | President Warren G. Harding. |
| Feb. 7, 1923 | Joint Session | British debt due to the United States | President Warren G. Harding. |
68th Congress (1923–1925)
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| Dec. 6, 1923 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 27, 1924 | Joint Session | Memorial to Warren G. Harding | Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State; ceremony attended by President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Dec. 15, 1924 | Joint Session | Memorial to Woodrow Wilson | Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman, President of the University of Virginia; ceremony attended by President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 11, 1925 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
69th Congress (1925–1927)
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| Mar. 4, 1925 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Calvin Coolidge. |
| Feb. 22, 1927 | Joint Session | George Washington birthday message | President Calvin Coolidge. |
70th Congress (1927–1929)
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| Feb. 13, 1929 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
71st Congress (1929–1931)
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| Mar. 4, 1929 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Herbert Hoover. |
72nd Congress (1931–1933)
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| Feb. 22, 1932 | Joint Session | Bicentennial of George Washington's birth | President Herbert Hoover. |
| Feb. 6, 1933 | Joint Meeting | Memorial to Calvin Coolidge | Arthur Prentice Rugg, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; ceremony attended by President Herbert Hoover. |
| Feb. 8, 1933 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
73rd Congress (1933–1935)
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| Mar. 4, 1933 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1934 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 20, 1934 | Joint Session |
100th anniversary, death of Lafayette | Andre de Laboulaye, Ambassador of France; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; ceremony attended by Count de Chambrun, great-grandson of Lafayette. |
74th Congress (1935–1937)
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| Jan. 4, 1935 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 22, 1935 | Joint Session | Veto message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1936 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
75th Congress (1937–1939)
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| Jan. 6, 1937 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1937 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 20, 1937 | Inauguration | East Portico | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President John Nance Garner.18 |
| Jan. 3, 1938 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
76th Congress (1939–1941)
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| Jan. 4, 1939 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Mar. 4, 1939 | Joint Session | Sesquicentennial of the 1st Congress | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Sept. 21, 1939 | Joint Session | Neutrality address | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 3, 1940 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 16, 1940 | Joint Session | National defense message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
77th Congress (1941–1943)
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| Jan. 6, 1941 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1941 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Jan. 20, 1941 | Joint Session | Inauguration, East Portico | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President Henry A. Wallace. |
| Dec. 8, 1941 | Joint Session | War with Japan | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Dec. 26, 1941 | Joint Meeting | Address19 | Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| Jan. 6, 1942 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
78th Congress (1943–1945) | |||
| Jan. 7, 1943 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| May 19, 1943 | Joint Meeting | Address | Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| Nov. 18, 1943 | Joint Meeting | Moscow Conference | Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. |
79th Congress (1945–1947)
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| Jan. 6, 1945 | Joint Session | Counting electoral votes | N.A. |
| Jan. 6, 1945 | Joint Session | Annual Message | President Roosevelt was not present. His message was read before the Joint Session of Congress. |
| Jan. 20, 1945 | Inauguration | South Portico, The White House20 | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Vice President Harry S. Truman. |
| Mar. 1, 1945 | Joint Session | Yalta Conference | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
| Apr. 16, 1945 | Joint Session | Prosecution of the War | President Harry S. Truman. |
| May 21, 1945 | Joint Session | Bestowal of Congressional Medal of Honor on Tech. Sgt. Jake William Lindsey | General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; President Harry S. Truman. |
| June 18, 1945 | Joint Meeting | Address | General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force. |
| Oct. 5, 1945 | Joint Meeting | Address | Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet. |
| Oct. 23, 1945 | Joint Session | Universal military training message | President Harry S. Truman. |
| Nov. 13, 1945 | Joint Meeting | Address | Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| May 25, 1946 | Joint Session | Railroad strike message | President Harry S. Truman. |
| July 1, 1946 | Joint Session | Memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt | John Winant, U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations; ceremony attended by President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. |
Footnotes
15Because of a blizzard, the ceremony was moved inside, where it was held as part of the Senate's special session. President William Howard Taft took the oath of office and gave his inaugural address after Vice President James S. Sherman's inaugural address and the swearing-in of the new senators.
16Held in the Senate Chamber.
17This was the first Annual Message broadcast live on radio.
18This was the first inauguration held pursuant to the Twentieth Amendment, which changed the date from March 4th to January 20th. The Vice Presidential oath, which previously had been given earlier on the same day in the Senate Chamber, was added to the inaugural ceremony as well, but the Vice Presidential inaugural address was discontinued.
19Delivered in the Senate Chamber.
20The oaths of office were taken in simple ceremonies at the White House because the expense and festivity of a Capitol ceremony were thought inappropriate because of the war. The Joint Committee on Arrangements of the Congress was in charge, however, and both the Senate and the House of Representatives were present.