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Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States , James K. Polk . Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband at a young age.
Polk Place was the home of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk, originally on Vine Street in Nashville, Tennessee, before it was demolished in 1901.
On March 27, 2017, the Tennessee Senate voted 20–6 to relocate the remains of President Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk from the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville to the Polk home. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On March 3, 2018, the bill passed the State Government Committee and went before the floor of the state legislature, when the State Senate ...
James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of Jacksonian democracy and extending the territory of the United States.
The Polk family was a prominent political and military family in US history, originating from Scots-Irish Presbyterian immigrants to North America in colonial times. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
As an enslaved person, Polk lived and worked at the Polk farm in Maury County, Tennessee, in the Columbia home of James and Sarah Polk, in the White House, and at the Polks' Nashville residence, Polk Place. After the president's death, Elias Polk continued to live at Polk Place and serve the widowed First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Once Elias ...
James K. Polk. Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President James K. Polk during his presidency. [1] In total Polk appointed 10 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 1 judge to the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, and 7 judges to the United States district courts.
Sarah Polk Jetton Fall [b] (April 1, 1847 – July 22, 1924) was a wealthy Nashville socialite and philanthropist. She was the great-niece and unofficially adopted daughter of former First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Sallie's mother died when she was only a few months old.