1974 State of the Union Address

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The 1974 State of the Union Address was President Richard Nixon’s annual message to the United States Congress, delivered amid the Watergate scandal and growing calls for his resignation.

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1974 State of the Union Address canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf State of the Union Address ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
archivedBy American Presidency Project ⓘ
U.S. Government Publishing Office ⓘ
associatedWith calls for Nixon’s resignation ⓘ
broadcastBy major U.S. television networks ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
context Nixon presidency ⓘ
Watergate scandal ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date January 30, 1974 ⓘ
deliveredTo House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate of the United States ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
describedAs annual message to Congress ⓘ
era 1970s in United States politics ⓘ
followedBy 1975 State of the Union Address ⓘ
follows 1973 State of the Union Address ⓘ
genre political oratory ⓘ
givenBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
governmentBranchAddressed legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
governmentLevel federal ⓘ
hasOnlineText public domain transcript ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeSession 93rd United States Congress ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
mediaCoverage radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
monthsBeforeEvent about seven months before Nixon’s resignation ⓘ
officeHeldBySpeaker President of the United States ⓘ
partOf State of the Union addresses ⓘ
precededResignationOf Richard Nixon ⓘ
presidentialTerm second term of Richard Nixon ⓘ
primaryAudience members of Congress ⓘ
secondaryAudience American public ⓘ
speakerParty Republican Party ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
topic United States economy ⓘ
Vietnam War aftermath ⓘ
energy crisis ⓘ
federal budget ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
government reform ⓘ
inflation ⓘ
typeOfEvent joint session of Congress ⓘ
year 1974 ⓘ

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1975 State of the Union Address → precededBy → 1974 State of the Union Address ⓘ
1973 State of the Union Address → followedBy → 1974 State of the Union Address ⓘ