The 1984 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States,

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, on January 25, 1984, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the

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. It was Reagan's third State of the Union Address and his fourth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the

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, accompanied by

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, the vice president. The speech lasted 43 minutes and 2 seconds and contained 4931 words. The address was broadcast live on radio and television. The

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was delivered by Senator Joe Biden (DE), Sen. David Boren (OK), Senator Carl M. Levin (MI), Senator Max S. Baucus (MT), Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Claiborne Pell (RI), Senator

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(KY), Rep.

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(FL), Rep. Tom Harkin (IA), Rep. William Gray (PA), House Speaker Thomas O’Neill (MA), and Rep.

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(CA).

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, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, served as the

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(full transcript), ''The American Presidency Project''
UC Santa Barbara.
1984 State of the Union Address
(video) at C-SPAN
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