January 28, 2010

The opposition party’s response to the State of the Union address began in 1966 when Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Republican Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan delivered the rebuttal to President Lyndon Johnson’s speech. 

Source: Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House

Posted by FactCheck.org in Fact of the Day.

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