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/fivethirtyeight/presidential-commencement-speeches/
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/presidential-commencement-speeches/_r/-/README.md
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/presidential-commencement-speeches/_r/-/data/commencement_speeches.csv
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/presidential-commencement-speeches/_r/-/datapackage.json
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datapackage.json— metadata & schema
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README.md— documentation
https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/presidential-commencement-speeches/_r/-/README.md
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Data Files
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| Field | Type | Format |
|---|---|---|
| president | integer | default |
| president_name | string | default |
| title | string | default |
| date | string | default |
| city | string | default |
| state | string | default |
| building | string | default |
| room | string | default |
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- 12 March 2026
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About this dataset
Presidential Commencement Speeches
This folder 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
This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - presidential-commencement-speeches