Longest State of the Union speeches in the past 45 years
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At 71 minutes, President Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday ranks among the longest such speeches in the past 45 years. These are the longest State of the Union addresses:
2000 (Clinton): 89 minutes
1995 (Clinton): 85 minutes
1998 (Clinton): 78 minutes
1998 (Clinton): 76 minutes
1967 (Johnson): 71 minutes
2010 (Obama): 71 minutes
Source: The American Presidency Project, University of California at Santa Barbara