Presidential News Conferences | The American Presidency Project
Year
Years
Solo-Reg
Prime-time
Joint
Total
average
Exchange
with Reporters*
in Office
Calvin Coolidge
Totals
5.59
407
0
0
407
average
72.9
per year
0
1923-24
92
0
0
92
1925
88
0
0
88
1926
79
0
0
79
1927
80
0
0
80
1928-29
68
0
0
68
Herbert Hoover
Totals
4
268
0
0
268
average
67
per year
0
1929
78
0
0
78
1930
86
0
0
86
1931
62
0
0
62
1932-33
42
0
0
42
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Totals
12.12
881
0
0
881
average
72.66
per year
0
1933
81
0
0
81
1934
73
0
0
73
1935
59
0
0
59
1936
67
0
0
67
1937
73
0
0
73
1938
86
0
0
86
1939
84
0
0
84
1940
89
0
0
89
1941
78
0
0
78
1942
66
0
0
66
1943
58
0
0
58
1944
54
0
0
54
1945
13
0
0
13
Harry S. Truman
Totals
7.78
308
0
0
308
average
41.73
per year
0
1945
36
0
0
36
1946
47
0
0
47
1947
35
0
0
35
1948
31
0
0
31
1949
45
0
0
45
1950
39
0
0
39
1951
39
0
0
39
1952-53
36
0
0
36
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Totals
8
192
0
0
192
average
24.00
per year
1
1953
23
0
0
23
1954
33
0
0
33
1955
19
0
0
19
1956
24
0
0
24
1957
25
0
0
25
1958
21
0
0
21
1959
30
0
0
30
1
1960-61
17
0
0
17
John F. Kennedy
Totals
2.84
65
0
0
65
average
22.89
per year
0
1961
19
0
0
19
1962
27
0
0
27
1963
19
0
0
19
Lyndon B. Johnson
Totals
5.17
135
0
0
134
average
26.16
per year
18
average
3.5
per year
1963-64
35
0
0
35
3
1965
17
0
0
17
4
1966
41
0
0
41
3
1967
22
0
0
22
4
1968-69
20
0
0
20
4
Richard Nixon
Totals
5.55
29
10
0
39
average
7.03
per year
34
average
6
per year
1969
6
2
0
8
4
1970
2
4
0
6
11
1971
6
3
0
9
5
1972
6
1
0
7
5
1973
7
0
0
7
8
1974
2
0
0
2
1
Gerald R. Ford
Totals
2.45
36
3
1
40
average
16.32
per year
126
average
51
per year
1974
4
1
1
6
2
1975
18
1
0
19
28
1976-77
14
1
0
15
96
Jimmy Carter
Totals
4
52
7
0
59
average
14.75
per year
146
average
37
per year
1977
22
0
0
22
47
1978
18
1
0
19
31
1979
10
2
0
12
13
1980-81
2
4
0
6
55
Ronald Reagan
Totals
8
15
31
0
46
average
5.75
per year
401
average
50
per year
1981
6
0
0
6
46
1982
3
5
0
8
50
1983
0
7
0
7
48
1984
0
5
0
5
52
1985
1
5
0
6
46
1986
2
5
0
7
36
1987
1
2
0
3
70
1988-89
2
2
0
4
53
George Bush
Totals
4
94
2
46
142
average
35.5
per year
350
average
88
per year
1989
27
1
3
31
54
1990
29
0
7
36
89
1991
26
0
21
47
131
1992-93
12
1
15
28
76
William J. Clinton
Totals
8
59
3
131
193
average
24.13
per year
1052
average
132
per year
1993
11
1
26
38
245
1994
16
1
28
45
142
1995
8
1
19
28
108
1996
6
0
16
22
127
1997
7
0
14
21
122
1998
2
0
11
13
88
1999
6
0
12
18
102
2000-01
3
0
5
8
118
George W. Bush
Totals
8
49
4
157
210
average
26.25
per year
472
average
59
per year
2001
4
1
14
19
143
2002
3
0
17
20
96
2003
3
1
22
26
66
2004
5
1
18
24
47
2005
8
1
24
33
39
2006
11
0
19
30
39
2007
10
0
20
30
24
2008-09
5
0
23
28
18
Barack Obama
Totals
8
64
4
95
163
average
20.38
per year
201
average
25
per year
2009
7
4
16
27
47
2010
10
0
9
19
27
2011
8
0
12
20
22
2012
5
0
6
11
15
2013
8
0
14
22
15
2014
7
0
15
22
33
2015
9
0
11
20
20
2016-17
10
0
12
22
22
Donald J. Trump
Totals
4
44
0
44
88
average
22
per year
710
average
178
per year
2017
1
0
20
21
104
2018
5
0
13
18
177
2019
3
0
10
13
228
2020-21
35
0
1
36
201
Joseph R. Biden
Totals
2.25
11
0
12
23
average
10.22
per year*
301
average
134
per year *
2021
6
0
3
9
158
2022
5
0
7
12
116
2023
0
0
2
2
27
* The APP provides an “average” per year and per month, monthly after the 20th day. Averages above as of April 20, 2023.
