State of the Union Addresses (21 images)

WAP2000012601 - 26 JANUARY 2000 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: President Clinton works on his State of Union address with Terry Edmonds, left, Director of White House Speechwriting, in the Family Theater, January 26. rg/ra/Ralph Alswang/White House UPI

WAX2003012501-WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI)--President George W. Bush prepares his State of the Union speech in the Oval Office Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003. jg/Eric Draper UPI.

Democratic Senators Robert Byrd (D-VA), Alan Cranston (D-CA), and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), L-R, in the 2nd row seem less enthusiastic on January 26, 1982 during the State of the Union address in Washington by President Reagan, while some of his Cabinet members in the front row applaud and are far more relaxed. They are, L-R: Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger, Attorney General William French Smith, Interior Secretary James Watt and Agriculture Secretary John Block. (UPI Photo/Rich Lipski/Files)

President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of congress at the Capitol on January 27, 2010 in Washington. The president addressed the economy and vowed to create new jobs. UPI/Tim Sloan/Pool