This table contains data behind the story Sitting Presidents Give Way More Commencement Speeches Than They Used To
Data does not include commencement speeches by President Obama in 2016.
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
president |
Number of president (33 is Harry Truman, the 33rd president; 44 is Barack Obama, the 44th president) |
president_name |
Name of president |
title |
Description of commencement speech |
date |
Date speech was delivered |
city |
City where speech was delivered |
state |
state where speech was delivered |
building |
Name of building in which speech was delivered |
room |
Room in which speech was delivered |
Source: American Presidency Project, Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley
Data source: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/blob/master/presidential-commencement-speeches/commencement_speeches.csv
| rowid | president | president_name | title | date | city | state | building | room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 36 | Lyndon Johnson | Commencement Address at Howard University: "To Fulfill These Rights." | 6/4/65 | Washington | DC | Howard University | Main Quadrangle |