Cabinet Members Who Did Not Attend the State of the Union Address (Since 1984*) (2024)

March 7, 2024 Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Feb 7, 2023 Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh Mar 1, 2022 Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo Apr 28, 2021** None (attendance was limited owing to Covid-19 concerns) Feb 4, 2020 Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt Feb 5, 2019 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Jan 30, 2018 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Feb 28, 2017** Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin Jan 12, 2016 Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson Jan 20, 2015 Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx Jan 28, 2014 Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz Feb 12, 2013 Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Jan 24, 2012 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Jan 25, 2011 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Jan 28, 2010 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan Feb 24, 2009** Attorney General Eric Holder Jan 28, 2008 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Jan 23, 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Jan 31, 2006 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim NicholsonFeb 2, 2005 Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans Jan 20, 2004 Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans Jan 28, 2003 Attorney General John Ashcroft Jan 29, 2002 Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton Feb 27, 2001** Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi Jan 27, 2000 Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson Jan 19, 1999 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew M. Cuomo Jan 27, 1998 Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley Feb 4, 1997 Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman Jan 30, 1996 Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna ShalalaJan 24, 1995 Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña Jan 25, 1994 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy Feb 17, 1993** Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt Jan 28, 1992 Secretary of Agriculture Ed Madigan Jan 29, 1991 Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan Jr. Jan 31, 1990 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Edward J. Derwinski Feb 9, 1989* Unknown Jan 25, 1988 Secretary of the Interior Donald P. Hodel Jan 27, 1987 Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng Feb 4, 1986 Secretary of Agriculture John Block Feb 6, 1985 Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige Jr. Jan 25, 1984 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel R. Pierce Jr.