1988 State of the Union Address

1988 State of the Union Address
Full video of the speech as published by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
DateJanuary 25, 1988 (1988-01-25)
Time9:00 p.m. EST
Duration44 minutes
VenueHouse Chamber, United States Capitol
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′23″N 77°00′32″W / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W / 38.88972; -77.00889
TypeState of the Union Address
Participants
Previous1987 State of the Union Address
Next1989 Joint session speech

The 1988 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on January 25, 1988, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 100th United States Congress. It was Reagan's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Jim Wright, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president.

Donald Hodel, the Secretary of the Interior, served as the designated survivor.[1]

  1. ^ New York Times, "State of Union: Bewitched by Pageant." Page A18. Jan 27, 1988