Presidential Commencement Speeches: commencement_speeches.csv

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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

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9 rows where president = 34

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Link rowid ▼ president president_name title date city state building room
5 5 34 Dwight Eisenhower Remarks at the Dartmouth College Commencement Exercises, Hanover, New Hampshire. 6/14/53 Hanover NH    
6 6 34 Dwight Eisenhower Remarks at the Washington College Commencement, Chestertown, Maryland. 6/7/54 Chestertown MD    
7 7 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address at the Graduation Ceremonies, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York 6/7/55 West Point NY    
8 8 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address at the Centennial Commencement of Pennsylvania State University. 6/11/55 University Park PA    
9 9 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address and Remarks at the Baylor University Commencement Ceremonies, Waco, Texas. 5/25/56 Waco TX    
10 10 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address at the Sesquicentennial Commencement of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland. 6/2/58 Emmitsburg MD    
11 11 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address at U. S. Naval Academy Commencement. 6/4/58 Annapolis MD    
12 12 34 Dwight Eisenhower Remarks on Introducing Prime Minister Macmillan at the Johns Hopkins University Commencement. 6/10/58 Baltimore MD    
13 13 34 Dwight Eisenhower Address "Beyond the Campus" Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the University of Notre Dame. 6/5/60 South Bend IN University of Notre Dame O'Shaughnessy Hall

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CREATE TABLE "presidential-commencement-speeches/commencement_speeches" (
"president" INTEGER,
  "president_name" TEXT,
  "title" TEXT,
  "date" TEXT,
  "city" TEXT,
  "state" TEXT,
  "building" TEXT,
  "room" TEXT
);