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The 1847 State of the Union Address was delivered by the 11th president of the United States James K. Polk to the 30th United States Congress on December 7, 1847. President Polk addressed issues of national prosperity, the ongoing Mexican-American War, and the growth of American territorial interests.
The 1846 State of the Union Address was presented to the 29th United States Congress, containing both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 8, 1846. It was the 56th address given. President James K. Polk, the 11th president, had written it.
Polk’s message also addressed the Oregon Question and the diplomatic negotiations with Great Britain over the territory's northern boundary. He urged Congress to take measures to secure the region, stating, "All attempts at compromise having failed, it becomes the duty of Congress to consider what measures it may be proper to adopt for the ...
Polk contended that a state of war already existed, and he asked Congress to grant him the power to bring the war to a close. [86] Polk's message was crafted to present the war as a just and necessary defense of the country against a neighbor that had long troubled the United States. [87]
The resolutions requested President James K. Polk to provide Congress with the exact location (the "spot") upon which blood was spilled on American soil, as Polk had claimed in 1846 when asking Congress to declare war on Mexico. Lincoln's persistence in pushing his "spot resolutions" led some to begin referring to him as "spotty Lincoln."
Upon learning of the incident, President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of war before a joint session of the United States Congress, and summed up his justification for war by famously stating: "The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte [Rio Grande].
Haggard, who died in 2016, wrote a variety of political songs in his time, from one praising Hillary Clinton, to 1969 “Okie from Muskogee,” a rebuke of the hippie culture during the Vietnam War.
Word reached Washington on May 9, and Polk sent a war message to Congress on the ground that Mexico had, "shed American blood on the American soil". [162] [163] The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution declaring war and authorizing the president to accept 50,000 volunteers into the military.