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Address by US president James K. Polk
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."
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- Legend:
Address to Joint Session
- Written message
- Written message with national radio address
* Split into multiple parts
- †
Included a detailed written supplement
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Not officially a "State of the Union"
Presidents
William Henry Harrison
(1841) and
James Garfield
(1881) died in office before delivering a State of the Union
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