Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?

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Abraham Lincoln, then a young Congressman from Illinois, questioned President James K. Polk's justification for the Mexican-American War by introducing the "Spot Resolutions." These resolutions requested President Polk to provide Congress with the exact location ("the spot") where Mexican forces had allegedly shed American blood on American soil, which Polk used as his casus belli for declaring war. Lincoln's actions were an early indication of his strong stance on executive power and transparency in government.

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