Oval Office address - wikipedia Oval Office address President Barack Obama delivers an address on June 15, 2010 concerning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. President Donald J. Trump addresses the nation on June 14, 2017 about the Congressional Baseball shooting that occurred earlier in the day. An Oval Office address is a speech made from the Oval Office in the White House by the President of the United States. It is sometimes considered the most solemn setting for an address made by the President, often delivered on or during an occasion of national disaster. Contents 1 Background 2 List of Oval Office addresses 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography Background The first Oval Office address was delivered to the nation by President Harry S. Truman, who urged Americans to conserve food to aid postwar Europe. President Dwight D. Eisenhower used the format in 1957 to inform the United States of his decision to send troops to Little Rock to enforce school desegregation. Being only the second ever televised address directly from the president 's office, Eisenhower had to explain as much to the audience, saying, `` in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel today in the actions I feel compelled to make, and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course. '' Some previous addresses include John F. Kennedy 's 1962 news of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Jimmy Carter 's 1979 `` Malaise '' speech, Ronald Reagan 's speech following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, George W. Bush 's Address to the Nation on the evening of the 2001 September 11 terrorist attacks and Barack Obama 's June 2010 speech addressing the issue of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. There have been suggestions that the traditional Oval Office address is falling out of favor in the Information Age, with White House aide Daniel Pfeiffer describing it as `` an argument from the 80s '' when President Ronald Reagan would draw tens of millions of viewers per address ( 29 in all, the most of any president ; Nixon ranks second, having given 22 ). Television networks are increasingly reluctant to sacrifice airtime for a political purpose. President Obama preferred to use the East Room, as in his announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden. Traditionally, the addresses are delivered with the President sitting at the Resolute desk speaking into the camera. Occasionally, however, the President will stand at a lectern on the opposite side of the Oval Office and give the address. President Donald J. Trump 's first Oval Office Address to the nation on June 14, 2017 was done in this way. List of Oval Office addresses This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. President Date Subject Donald Trump June 14, 2017 Reacting to the Congressional baseball shooting Barack Obama Dec. 6, 2015 Addressing the threat of terrorism Dec. 17, 2014 Thawing of relations with Cuba Aug. 31, 2010 End of U.S. combat operations in Iraq June 15, 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill George W. Bush Sept. 13, 2007 Iraq War Sept. 11, 2006 War on terror May 15, 2006 Immigration reform Dec. 18, 2005 Iraq War and the war on terror March 19, 2003 Beginning of combat operations in Iraq Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Bill Clinton Jan. 18, 2001 Farewell address March 24, 1999 Airstrikes against Serbian targets in Yugoslavia ( Serbia and Montenegro ) Dec. 16, 1998 U.S. military strike on Iraq Aug. 20, 1998 U.S. cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan Nov. 27, 1995 Peace agreement in Bosnia - Herzegovina June 13, 1995 Balanced budget plan Oct. 10, 1994 Iraq Sept. 18, 1994 Haiti Sept. 15, 1994 Haiti Oct. 7, 1993 Somalia Aug. 3, 1993 National economic program June 26, 1993 Strike on Iraqi intelligence headquarters Feb. 15, 1993 National economic program George H.W. Bush Dec. 4, 1992 Somalia Sept. 1, 1992 Hurricane Andrew disaster relief May 1, 1992 Los Angeles riots Sept. 27, 1991 Reducing U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons Sept. 13, 1991 Nomination of Robert Gates as CIA director Feb. 27, 1991 Suspension of allied combat operations in the Persian Gulf Jan. 16, 1991 Beginning of allied military action in the Persian Gulf Oct. 2, 1990 Federal budget agreement Aug. 8, 1990 U.S. military deployment to Saudi Arabia Dec. 20, 1989 U.S. military action in Panama Sept. 5, 1989 National drug control strategy Ronald Reagan Jan. 11, 1989 Farewell address Feb. 2, 1988 Aid to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance Oct. 14, 1987 Nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court Mar. 4, 1987 Iran -- Contra affair April 14, 1986 U.S. airstrike against Libya March 16, 1986 Nicaragua Jan. 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion Nov. 5, 1984 Presidential election July 4, 1984 Observance of Independence Day May 9, 1984 U.S. policy in Central America Jan. 29, 1984 Decision to seek re-election Oct. 27, 1983 Events in Lebanon and Grenada Sept. 5, 1983 Soviet attack on a Korean civilian airliner Sept. 20, 1982 Multinational force in Lebanon Dec. 23, 1981 Christmas and the Piast Coal Mine strike in Poland Feb. 5, 1981 U.S. economy Jimmy Carter Apr. 25, 1980 Rescue attempt of American hostages in Iran Jan. 4, 1980 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Jul. 15, 1979 Energy policy ( `` Crisis of Confidence '' or `` Malaise '' speech ) Oct. 24, 1978 Anti-inflation program Gerald Ford Sep. 8, 1974 Pardon of Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Aug. 8, 1974 Resignation Lyndon B. Johnson Mar. 31, 1968 Vietnam War and decision not to seek re-election John F. Kennedy Jun. 11, 1963 Civil rights Oct. 22, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Dwight Eisenhower Jan. 17, 1961 Farewell address Sep. 24, 1957 Enforcement of desegregation Feb. 29, 1956 Decision to seek re-election Harry S Truman Oct. 5, 1947 Food conservation to aid post-war Europe See also Government of the United States portal State of the Union address Weekly Address of the President of the United States References ^ Jump up to : Williams, Bronwyn ; Zenger, Amy ( 2007 ). Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 0 - 415 - 36095 - 1. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 08. ^ Jump up to : `` Live From the Oval Office : A Backdrop of History Fades From TV ''. New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2013. ^ Jump up to : Greeley, Brenden. `` Why Obama Does n't Give Speeches From the Oval Office ''. Retrieved 26 December 2013. Jump up ^ Lu 2004, p. 147 Jump up ^ Lu 2004, p. 271 Jump up ^ Lu 2004, p. 28 Jump up ^ Michael E. Eidenmuller. `` The Rhetoric of 9 / 11 : President George W. Bush -- Address to the Nation on 9 - 11 - 01 ''. Americanrhetoric.com. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 08. Jump up ^ Connolly, Katie ( 2010 - 06 - 15 ). `` As it happened : Obama oil spill address ''. BBC News. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Live From the Oval Office : A Backdrop of History Fades From TV ''. New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2013. Jump up ^ `` Remarks by the President on Osama Bin Laden The White House ''. Whitehouse.gov. 2011 - 05 - 02. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 03. Jump up ^ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-presidential-speech-on-tv Bibliography Lu, Xin - An ; Rita Sullivan ( 2004 ). Gems from the top 100 speeches. IUniverse. ISBN 0 - 595 - 30856 - 2. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oval_Office_address&oldid=800628094 '' Categories : United States presidential speeches Hidden categories : Incomplete lists from February 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 18 : 35. 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Question: what president gave the most speeches from the oval office
Answer: President Ronald Reagan