1979 State of the Union Address

The 1979 State of the Union address was given by President Jimmy Carter to a joint session of the 96th United States Congress on January 25, 1979.

The speech lasted 32 minutes and 32 seconds.^[1] and contained 3257 words.^[2]

The Republican Party response was delivered by Senator Howard Baker Jr. (TN) and Representative John Rhodes (AZ).^[3]

References

↑ "Length of State of the Union Addresses in Minutes". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
↑ "Length of State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
↑ "List of Opposition Responses to State of the Union Addresses". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2012-10-16.

External links

(full transcript), The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara.

Preceded by 1978 State of the Union Address	State of the Union addresses 1979	Succeeded by 1980 State of the Union Address

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States (1977–81) 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–75)

Presidency	Presidency Inauguration Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties National Energy Policy Iran hostage crisis Operation Eagle Claw Moral Equivalent of War speech 1979 energy crisis Carter Doctrine Diplomatic Relations with China 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Resolute desk SALT Department of Energy Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services State of the Union Addresses (1978 1979 1980) Cabinet Federal judicial appointments controversies Executive Order 12148 Executive Order 12170 Rabbit incident Goldwater v. Carter

Life and activities	Carter Center Presidential Library and Museum Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project The Elders Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Nairobi Agreement, 1999 UFO incident

Elections	Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966 1970 Democratic presidential primaries, 1976 1980 Democratic National Convention, 1972 1976 1980 United States presidential election, 1976 1980

Books	(Complete list) The Hornet's Nest (2003 novel) Our Endangered Values (2006) Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006 reaction and commentary) Beyond the White House (2007) We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land (2009) White House Diary (2010) A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power (2014) A Full Life: Reflections at 90 (2015)

Honors	(Complete list) Nobel Peace Prize Presidential Medal of Freedom Freedom of the City Silver Buffalo Award Philadelphia Liberty Medal United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Hoover Medal Christopher Award Grammy Award

Legacy	Man from Plains (2007 documentary) USS Jimmy Carter

Related	Mary Prince (nanny)

Family	Rosalynn Carter (wife) Jack Carter (son) Amy Carter (daughter) James Earl Carter, Sr. (father) Lillian Gordy Carter (mother) Gloria Carter Spann (sister) Ruth Carter Stapleton (sister) Billy Carter (brother) Jason Carter (grandson) James Carter IV (grandson) Emily Dolvin (maternal aunt) Hugh Carter (paternal first cousin)

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Delivered as a written message	1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1946 1953 1961 1981

Delivered as both	1972 1974 1978 1979 1980

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