1846 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President James K. Polk February 2026 February 2025 1846 State of the Union Address State-dining-room-polk-cabinet.jpg James K. Polk and his cabinet in the White House Dining Room 1846 12 08 House Chamber, United States CapitolJoint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 4 November 2024 en Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address James K. PolkGeorge M. DallasJohn Wesley Davis Format Written Previous 1845 State of the Union Address Next 1847 State of the Union Address 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. It was written during the Mexican–American War, and addresses it. "The existing war with Mexico was neither desired nor provoked by the United States."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/58.html State of the Union Address: James Polk (December 8, 1846) Infoplease A large portion of the address concerns the events and views of the President surrounding the Mexican-American War, including the Presidents affirmation that Texas was a free and sovereign state. On the matter of Native Americans, the President said the following:Annual Message to Congress (1846) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-part-i/ 2024-12-28 Teaching American History en-USOur relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character. The unhappy dissensions which have existed among the Cherokees for many years past have been healed. Since my last annual message important treaties have been negotiated with some of the tribes, by which the Indian title to large tracts of valuable land within the limits of the States and Territories has been extinguished and arrangements made for removing them to the country west of the Mississippi. Between 3,000 and 4,000 of different tribes have been removed to the country provided for them by treaty stipulations, and arrangements have been made for others to follow. See also Bibliography of James K. Polk References James K. Polk's Second State of the Union Address 1846 State of the Union Address 1845 State of the Union Address 1847 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1846 Category:Speeches by James K. Polk Category:29th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1846 Category:1840s State of the Union addresses Category:1846 works