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| Date | January 10, 1967 (1967-01-10) |
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| Time | 9:30 p.m.EST |
| Duration | 71 minutes[1] |
| Venue | House Chamber,United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′23″N77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W /38.88972; -77.00889 |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
| Participants | Lyndon B. Johnson Hubert Humphrey John W. McCormack |
| Previous | 1966 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 1968 State of the Union Address |
The1967State of the Union Address was given byLyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Tuesday, January 10, 1967, to the90th United States Congress in the chamber of theUnited States House of Representatives.[2] It was Johnson's fourthState of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session wasHouse speakerJohn W. McCormack, accompanied byVice PresidentHubert Humphrey, in his capacity as thepresident of the Senate.
Johnson opened this speech by quoting the opening line ofLincoln's House Divided Speech: "As President Abraham Lincoln said, 'We must ask where we are, and whither we are tending.'"[2] Like Johnson's three previous State of the Union Addresses, much of this address was dominated by discussion of Johnson'sGreat Society initiatives and theVietnam War. At over an hour, this speech was Johnson's longest State of the Union Address.[1]
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