U.S. President Gerald Ford appeals for ‘new realism’ in State of the Union Address 50 years ago this hour (Jan 19 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ford's 1976 State of the Union Address'

(Monday, January 19, 1976, 9:00 p.m. EST) — In his second State of the Union address, U.S. President Gerald Ford, declaring that “common sense” dictated a self-disciplined course at the outset of the third American century, called tonight on Congress to act with restraint in meeting the immediate needs and expectations of the nation.