Congress
& Date |
Type |
Occasion,
topic, or location |
Name
and position of dignitary
(where applicable) |
80th
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1947 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address23 |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Mar.
12, 1947 |
Joint
session |
Greek-Turkish
aid policy |
President
Harry S Truman. |
May
1, 1947 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Miguel
Aleman, President of Mexico. |
Nov.
17, 1947 |
Joint
session |
Aid
to Europe message |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Jan.
7, 1948 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Mar.
17, 1948 |
Joint
session |
National
security and conditions in Europe |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Apr.
19, 1948 |
Joint
session |
50th
anniversary, liberation of Cuba |
President
Harry S Truman; Guillermo Belt, Ambassador of Cuba. |
July
27, 1948 |
Joint
session |
Inflation,
housing, and civil rights |
President
Harry S Truman. |
81st
Congress
|
Jan.
5, 1949 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Jan.
6, 1949 |
Joint
session |
Counting
electoral votes |
N.A. |
Jan.
20, 1949 |
Joint
session |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President
Harry S Truman; Vice President Alben W. Barkley. |
May
19, 1949 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Eurico
Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil. |
Jan.
4, 1950 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Harry S Truman. |
May
31, 1950 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Dean
Acheson, Secretary of State. |
82nd
Congress
|
Jan.
8, 1951 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Feb. 1, 1951 |
Joint
meeting24 |
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization |
General
Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
Apr.
2, 1951 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Vincent
Auriol, President of France. |
Apr.
19, 1951 |
Joint
meeting |
Return
from Pacific Command |
General
Douglas MacArthur. |
June
21, 1951 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Galo
Plaza, President of Ecuador. |
Sept.
24, 1951 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Alcide
de Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy. |
Jan.
9, 1952 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Harry S Truman. |
Jan.
17, 1952 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Winston
Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
Apr.
3, 1952 |
Joint
meeting |
Address |
Juliana,
Queen of the Netherlands. |
May
22, 1952 |
Joint
meeting |
Korea |
General
Matthew B. Ridgway. |
June
10, 1952 |
Joint
session |
Steel
industry dispute |
President
Harry S Truman. |
83rd
Congress
|
Jan.
6, 1953 |
Joint
session |
Counting
electoral votes |
N.A. |
Jan.
20, 1953 |
Joint
session |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Richard M. Nixon. |
Feb.
2, 1953 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
Jan.
7, 1954 |
Joint
session |
State
of the Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Jan. 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
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1955 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Jan. 27, 1955 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Paul E. Magliore,
President of Haiti. |
Feb. 29, 1956 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Giovanni Gronchi,
President of Italy. |
May 17, 1956 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Dr. Sukarno,
President of Indonesia. |
85th
Congress
|
Jan. 5, 1957 |
Joint session |
Middle East
message |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Jan. 7, 1957 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 10, 1957 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Jan. 21, 1957 |
Joint session |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower; Vice President Richard M. Nixon. |
May 9, 1957 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Ngo Dinh Diem,
President of Vietnam. |
Jan. 9, 1958 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
June 5, 1958 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Theodor Heuss,
President of West Germany. |
June 18, 1958 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Carlos F. Garcia,
President of the Philippines. |
86th Congress
|
Jan. 9, 1959 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Jan. 21, 1959 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Arturo Frondizi,
President of Argentina. |
Feb. 12, 1959 |
Joint session |
Sesquicentennial
of Abraham Lincoln's birth |
Fredric March,
actor; Carl Sandburg, poet. |
Mar. 11, 1959 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Jose Maria
Lemus, President of El Salvador. |
Mar. 18, 1959 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Sean T. O'Kelly,
President of Ireland. |
May 12, 1959 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Baudouin, King
of the Belgians. |
Jan. 7, 1960 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Dwight
D. Eisenhower. |
Apr. 6, 1960 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Alberto Lleras-Camargo,
President of Colombia. |
Apr. 25, 1960 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Charles de
Gaulle, President of France. |
Apr. 28, 1960 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Mahendra, King
of Nepal. |
June 29, 1960 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Bhumibol Adulyadej,
King of Thailand. |
87th
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1961 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 20, 1961 |
Joint session |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President John
F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. |
Jan. 30, 1961 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President John
F. Kennedy. |
May 4, 1961 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Habib Bourguiba,
President of Tunisia |
May 25, 1961 |
Joint session |
Urgent national
needs: foreign aid, defense, civil defense, and outer space |
President John
F. Kennedy. |
July 12, 1961 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Mohammad Ayub
Khan, President of Pakistan. |
Sept. 21, 1961 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Manuel Prado,
President of Peru. |
Jan. 11, 1962 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President John
F. Kennedy. |
Feb. 26, 1962 |
Joint meeting |
Friendship
7: 1st United States orbital space flight |
Lt. Col. John
H. Glenn, Jr., USMC; Friendship 7 astronaut. |
Apr. 4, 1962 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Joao Goulart,
President of Brazil. |
Apr. 12, 1962 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Mohammad Reza
Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran. |
88th
Congress
|
Jan. 14, 1963 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President John
F. Kennedy. |
May 21, 1963 |
Joint meeting |
Flight of Faith
7 Spacecraft |
Maj. Gordon
L. Cooper, Jr., USAF, Faith 7 astronaut. |
Nov. 27, 1963 |
Joint session |
Assumption
of office |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Jan. 8, 1964 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Jan. 15, 1964 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Antonio Segni,
President of Italy. |
May 28, 1964 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Eamon de Valera,
President of Ireland. |
89th
Congress
|
Jan. 4, 1965 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Jan. 6, 1965 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 20, 1965 |
Joint session25 |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson; Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. |
Mar. 15, 1965 |
Joint session |
Voting rights |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Sept. 14, 1965 |
Joint meeting |
Flight of Gemini
5 Spacecraft |
Lt. Col. Gordon
L. Cooper, Jr., USAF; and Charles Conrad, Jr., USN; Gemini 5 astronauts. |
Jan. 12, 1966 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Sept. 15, 1966 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Ferdinand E.
Marcos, President of the Philippines. |
90th
Congress
|
Jan. 10, 1967 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Apr. 28, 1967 |
Joint meeting |
Vietnam policy |
General William
C. Westmoreland. |
Oct. 27, 1967 |
|
Address |
Gustavo Diaz
Ordaz, President of Mexico. |
Jan. 17, 1968 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
91st
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1969 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes26 |
N.A. |
Jan. 9, 1969 |
Joint meeting |
Apollo 8: 1st
flight around the moon |
Col. Frank
Borman, USAF; Capt. James A. Lowell, Jr., USN; Lt. Col. William A.
Anders, USAF; Apollo 8 astronauts. |
Jan. 14, 1969 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Lyndon
B. Johnson. |
Jan. 20, 1969 |
Joint session25 |
Inauguration,
East Portico |
President Richard
M. Nixon; Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. |
Sept. 16, 1969 |
Joint meeting |
Apollo 11:
1st lunar landing |
Neil A. Armstrong;
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., USAF; and Lt. Col. Michael Collins, USAF;
Apollo 11 astronauts. |
Jan. 22, 1970 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
Feb. 25, 1970 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Georges Pompidou,
President of France. |
June 3, 1970 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Dr. Rafael
Caldera, President of Venezuela. |
Sept. 22, 1970 |
Joint meeting |
Report on prisoners
of war |
Col. Frank
Borman, Representative to the President on Prisoners of War. |
92nd
Congress
|
Jan. 22, 1971 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
Sept. 9, 1971 |
Joint session |
Economic policy |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
Sept. 9, 1971 |
Joint meeting |
Apollo 15:
lunar mission |
Col. David
R. Scott, USAF; Col. James B. Irwin, USAF; and Lt. Col. Alfred M.
Worden, USAF; Apollo15 astronauts. |
Jan. 20, 1972 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
June 1, 1972 |
Joint session |
European trip
report |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
June 15, 1972 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Luis Echeverria
Alvarez, President of Mexico. |
93rd
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1973 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 20, 1973 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Richard
M. Nixon; Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. |
Dec. 6, 1973 |
Joint meeting |
Oath of office
to Vice President Gerald R. Ford |
Vice President
Gerald R. Ford; ceremony attended by President Richard M. Nixon. |
Jan. 30 1974 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Richard
M. Nixon. |
Aug. 12, 1974 |
Joint session |
Assumption
of office |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
Oct. 8, 1974 |
Joint session |
Economy |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
94th
Congress
|
Jan. 15, 1975 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
Apr. 10, 1975 |
Joint session |
State of the
World message |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
June 17, 1975 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Walter Scheel,
President of West Germany. |
Nov. 5, 1975 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Anwar El Sadat,
President of Egypt. |
Jan. 19, 1976 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
Jan. 28, 1976 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Yitzhak Rabin,
Prime Minister of Israel. |
Mar. 17, 1976 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Liam Cosgrave,
Prime Minister of Ireland. |
May 18, 1976 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Valery Giscard
d'Estaing, President of France. |
June 2, 1976 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Juan Carlos
I, King of Spain. |
Sept. 23, 1976 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Dr. William
R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia. |
95th
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1977 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 12, 1977 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Gerald
R. Ford. |
Jan. 20, 1977 |
Inauguration |
East Portico |
President Jimmy
Carter; Vice President Walter F. Mondale. |
Feb. 22, 1977 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Pierre Elliot
Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. |
Apr. 20, 1977 |
Joint session |
Energy |
President Jimmy
Carter. |
Jan. 19, 1978 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Jimmy
Carter. |
Sept. 18, 1978 |
Joint session |
Middle East
Peace agreements |
joint session
attended by Anwar El Sadat, President of Egypt, and by Menachem Begin,
Prime Minister of Israel. |
96th
Congress
|
Jan. 23, 1979 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Jimmy
Carter. |
June 18, 1979 |
Joint session |
Salt II agreements |
President Jimmy
Carter. |
Jan. 23, 1980 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Jimmy
Carter. |
97th
Congress
|
Jan. 6, 1981 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 20, 1981 |
Joint session25 |
Inauguration,
West Front |
President Ronald
Reagan; Vice President George Bush. |
Feb. 18, 1981 |
Joint session |
Economic recovery |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Apr. 28, 1981 |
Joint session |
Economic recovery--inflation |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Jan. 26, 1982 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Jan. 28, 1982 |
Joint meeting |
Centennial
of birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Dr. Arthur
Schlesinger, historian; Senator Jennings Randolph; Representative
Claude Pepper; Averell Harriman, former Governor of New York27;
former Representative James Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt. |
Apr. 21, 1982 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Beatrix, Queen
of the Netherlands. |
98th
Congress
|
Jan. 25, 1983 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Apr. 27, 1983 |
Joint session |
Central America |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Oct. 5, 1983 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Karl Carstens,
President of West Germany. |
Jan. 25, 1984 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Mar. 15, 1984 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Dr. Garett
FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland. |
Mar. 22, 1984 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Francois Mitterand,
President of France. |
May 8, 1984 |
Joint meeting |
Centennial
of birth of
Harry S Truman |
Representatives
Ike Skelton and Alan Wheat; former Senator Stuart Symington; Margaret
Truman Daniel, daughter of President Truman; and Senator Mark Hatfield. |
May 16, 1984 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Miguel de la
Madrid, President of Mexico. |
99th
Congress
|
Jan. 7, 1985 |
Joint session |
Counting electoral
votes |
N.A. |
Jan. 21, 1985 |
Inauguration |
Rotunda28 |
President Ronald
Reagan; Vice President George Bush. |
Feb. 6, 1985 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Feb. 20, 1985 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Margaret Thatcher,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
Mar. 6, 1985 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Bettino Craxi,
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. |
Mar. 20, 1985 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Raul Alfonsin,
President of Argentina. |
June 13, 1985 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Rajiv Gandhi,
Prime Minister of India. |
Oct. 9, 1985 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Lee Kuan Yew,
Prime Minister of Singapore. |
Nov. 21, 1985 |
Joint session |
Geneva Summit |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Feb. 4, 1986 |
Joint session |
State of the
Union Address |
President Ronald
Reagan. |
Sept. 11, 1986 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Jose Sarney,
President of Brazil. |
Sept. 18, 1986 |
Joint meeting |
Address |
Corazon C.
Aquino, President of the Philippines. |