1837 State of the Union Address

{{short description|Address by US president Martin Van Buren}}

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The 1837 State of the Union Address was given by the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren, on December 5, 1837. It was presented to the 25th United States Congress by a clerk, because it was not yet the custom for the president to deliver it himself. He began with, "We have reason to renew the expression of our devout gratitude to the Giver of All Good for His benign protection. Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy."{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/49.html|title=State of the Union Address: Martin van Buren (December 5, 1837) | Infoplease.com|publisher=infoplease.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}

The President reported a new treaty of commerce which was signed with the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and the status of the Seminole Wars was approaching victory.{{Cite web |title=Annual Message to Congress (1837) |url=https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-46/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=Teaching American History |language=en-US}}