Ordinary People of the Union

By Bo Huttinger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

[jwp-video n=”1″]

Presidents honoring regular Americans during speeches has been a time-honored tradition ever since President Ronald Reagan introduced it. Here we’ve compiled every mention of an ordinary citizen during a State of the Union since 1982.

Recent Stories

President Donald Trump speaks at an event at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

At Las Vegas campaign stop, Trump slams Michigan winner Abdul El-Sayed

Abdul El-Sayed waves to supporters after addressing them at his election night event in Detroit.

Will El-Sayed play in Pontiac come November?

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, here at the U.S. Capitol in January, has pushed for a redraw of the state's congressional map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Maryland voters to weigh in on redrawing state’s congressional map

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, Sarah Jukaku, leave a news conference in Detroit on Wednesday.

Republicans rush to define El-Sayed as Democrats try to move past bitter primary

The Capitol dome is seen through a window in the Cannon House Office Building this spring.

Video