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14 giu 2019 · James K. Polk may have served just one term, but he was one of history’s most consequential U.S. presidents. Polish up on Young Hickory, America's 11th Commander in Chief. AMAZING FACTS
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29 ott 2009 · James Polk (1795-1849) served as the 11th U.S. president from 1845 to 1849. During his tenure, America’s territory grew by more than one-third and extended across the continent for the first...
James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839 and the ninth governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.
11 giu 2024 · James K. Polk (born November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, U.S.—died June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tennessee) was the 11th president of the United States (1845–49). Under his leadership, the United States fought the Mexican War (1846–48) and acquired vast territories along the Pacific coast and in the Southwest.
- James K. Polk was the eldest child of Samuel and Jane Knox Polk. At age 11 he moved with his family to Tennessee, where his father operated a prosp...
- In 1824 James K. Polk married Sarah Childress, the daughter of a prominent slaveholding family. She helped foster Polk’s political rise, serving as...
- Pres. James K. Polk oversaw a large territorial expansion of the United States. He advocated for annexation of Texas and aggressively prosecuted th...
- When James K. Polk was elected president, he was not yet 50, making him the youngest successful presidential candidate up to that time. But he woul...
15 set 2019 · James K. Polk (1795–1849) served as America's 11th president from March 4, 1845–March 3, 1849, and is considered by many to be the best one-term president in American History.
Often referred to as the first “dark horse” President, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House, and the last strong President until the Civil War.
James Knox Polk ( Pineville, 2 novembre 1795 – Nashville, 15 giugno 1849) è stato un politico statunitense, 11º presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, in carica dal 1845 al 1849.
