1975 State of the Union Address
Speech by US president Gerald Ford
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Nelson Rockefeller
Carl Albert
The 1975 State of the Union address was given by President Gerald Ford to a joint session of the 94th United States Congress on January 15, 1975. The speech was the first State of the Union address of President Ford's tenure as president.
The president discussed the national debt, taxes, the federal budget and the energy crisis. The speech lasted 41:00 and consisted of 4,126 words.[1] The address was broadcast live on radio and television.
The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and the Speaker of the House Carl Albert of Oklahoma.[2]
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1974
- 1973–75 recession
References
External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
1975 State of the Union Address
- (full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
- (full video and audio), Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
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- The Political Machine (2004)
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- Leslie Lynch King Sr. (father)
- Dorothy Gardner Ford (mother)
- Gerald Rudolff Ford (stepfather)
- Thomas Gardner Ford (half-brother)
- Betty Ford (wife)
- Michael Gerald Ford (son)
- John Gardner Ford (son)
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