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The SOTUcorpus dataset contains the text of each presidential State of the Union address since 1790. These data were collected and assembled by The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The full dataset can be accessed and downloaded at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php.

Usage

data(SOTUcorpus)

Source

These data were collected and assembled by The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The full dataset is available at https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php.

Details

The SOTUcorpus dataset provides a comprehensive collection of State of the Union addresses delivered by U.S. presidents from 1790 to the present. These speeches are essential primary sources for studying American political rhetoric, policy priorities, and historical context across different administrations.

Examples

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