It is customary for the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to sit behind the president. Thus, the two men you saw were Joe Biden (Vice President), and John Boehner (pronounced BAY-ner), the Speaker of the House.
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the address.
Abraham Lincoln LOL
it is delivered annually
President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
No, the president does not have to deliver the State of the Union address in person. However, it has been a longstanding tradition for presidents to do so, as it allows them to directly address the American public and outline their agenda for the coming year. In recent history, the State of the Union address has typically been delivered in person before a joint session of Congress.
Abraham Lincoln. (It was Gettysburg, of course).
The 16th President of the United States gave the Gettysburg Address. This was Abraham Lincoln, who delivered the brief but inspiring speech on November 19, 1863.
Calvin Coolidge. It was the State of the Union.
Matthew Simpson has written: 'Funeral address delivered at the burial of President Lincoln'
The State of the Union Address is delivered once a year by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress.
Despite his reputation as a quiet and even reclusive politician, Calvin Coolidge made use of the new medium of radio and made radio history several times while President. On Dec. 6, 1923, the first presidential address was broadcast on the radio. President Calvin Coolidge delivered what is now known as the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
An address delivered at an inaugural ceremony is called an inaugural address.