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Elias Polk depicted later in life was a valet to James Polk, being the only known image of a person domestically enslaved by the Polks. Polk owned slaves for most of his adult life. His father left Polk more than 8,000 acres (32 km 2) of land and divided about 53 enslaved people among his widow and children in his will. James inherited twenty ...
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The presidency of James K. Polk began on March 4, 1845, when James K. Polk was inaugurated as the 11th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1849. He was a Democrat , and assumed office after defeating Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election .
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent is a book by Robert W. Merry published in 2009 by Simon & Schuster. [1] The work focuses on the background and political history of the south westward expansion of the United States, the Presidency of James K. Polk, and the Mexican American War. [2]
This is a topic category for the topic James K. Polk The main article for this category is James K. Polk . See also the preceding Category:John Tyler and the succeeding Category:Zachary Taylor
Central Unified leaders have voted to rename one of their elementary schools.
On election day, 1 August 1839, Democratic nominee James K. Polk won the election by a margin of 2,675 votes against his Whig opponent and incumbent Governor Newton Cannon, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. Polk was sworn in as the 9th Governor of Tennessee on 14 October 1839. [3]
President James Polk wants to further expand the United States to the Pacific. In 1842, Polk assigns surveyor John Frémont and his guide Kit Carson to chart a path to the Northwest; creating the Oregon Trail. They are tasked to secretly incite a rebellion to take California, which later ignites a war with Mexico.