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Your name Email City State Question Presidency in History James Polk Biography A Life in Brief document.write(""); Presidency in History Biography First Lady Cabinet ... Presidency in Action search: James Knox Polk (1845-1849) 11th President of the United States Vice President : George M. Dallas Born : November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Nickname : "Young Hickory" Education : University of North Carolina (graduated 1818) Religion : Presbyterian Marriage : January 1, 1824, to Sarah Childress (1803-91) Children : None Career : Lawyer Political Party : Democrat Writings The Diary of James K. Polk (4 vols., 1910), ed. by Milo M. Quaife; Correspondence of James K. Polk , 6 vols. (1969- ) Died : June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tennessee Buried : State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tennessee Consulting Editor Biography: A Life in Brief Under James Knox Polk, the United States grew by more than a million square miles, across Texas and New Mexico to California and even Oregon. More than any other President, Polk exercised "Manifest Destiny," a phrase coined by a magazine to express the conviction that the United States was entitled to rule as much of the continent as it could acquire. He successfully waged war against Mexico, and thereby obtained for the U.S. most of its present boundaries as a nation. A man of firm personal principles, he kept his word to retire after a single term, although he could easily have won reelection. Yet he is regarded today by most historians not as a great President but as one who missed opportunities. He may have been the last chief executive with enough voter support to have addressed the moral issue of slavery, but he failed to understand the depth of popular emotion over the westward expansion of the South's "peculiar institution." This failure on his part left the issue of slavery unaddressed and thus unresolved at the end of his term in 1849.

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65. Welcome To The American Presidency Encyclopedia Americana George Mifflin Dallas, (1792-1864), born in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 10, 1792. He graduated from Princeton in 1810 and became an attorney. He was elected vice president on the Democratic ticket with james polk in 1844 and presided over the Senate during the stormy days of the Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso controversy. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/vp/vpdallas.html

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James Knox Polk Site Links Home Search this site Privacy Policy Resources James Knox Polk ( November 2 , 1795 - June 15 , 1849 ) was the 11th ( 1845 - 1849 ) President of the United States . Order: 11th President Term of Office: March 4 , 1845 - March 3 , 1849 Followed: John Tyler Succeeded by: Zachary Taylor Date of Birth November 2 , 1795 Place of Birth: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Date of Death: June 15 , 1849 Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee First Lady : Sarah Childress Occupation: lawyer Political Party : Democrat Vice President : George M. Dallas Nicknames: Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump Early life Born in North Carolina in 1795 , James Polk was studious and hard working. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1818 , became a lawyer , and entered politics . Polk was a member of the United States House of Representatives ( 1825 - 1839 ), also serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ( 1835 - 1839 ), and Governor of Tennessee ( 1839 - 1841 ). Nomination and election Democrats nominated dark horse candidate Polk on the ninth ballot of the Democratic National Convention after party favorite Martin Van Buren lost the bid because of his opposition to annexing Texas , a position deemed unacceptable by Southerners and by former president Andrew Jackson .

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JAMES KNOX POLK 11th President (1845-1849) We must ever maintain the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny. - Message to Congress, 1845 Manifest destiny. Many of us remember that catchy phrase from school history lessons, even though at the time we may not have quite totally understood what it really meant. It's the concept of manifest destiny, though, which is taught in school (if at all), rather than which President championed it as a principle of freedom. As a result, President James K. Polk remains one of those six Presidents crowded into the period between 1840 and 1860 which tend to become a hazy blur, rather than attaining the place of greater prominence he actually deserves. In fact, a leading historian called Polk "the one bright spot in the dull void between Jackson and Lincoln." Despite this, Polk, who "came out of nowhere" to become President in 1844 and accomplished all he set out to do during his administration, managed to return to obscurity and remain there. Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1795, Polk grew up to be such an avid supporter of Andrew Jackson and his expansionist point of view that he earned the nickname "Young Hickory" and, after moving to Tennessee, won Jackson's old Congressional seat eight times. When John Tyler withdrew from the 1844 presidential race, the political field became unstable. Tyler, a Whig, failed to get even get the re-nomination of his own party. The Democrats had no notion of selecting Polk when they began their convention in Baltimore, but he became a "dark horse" candidate and managed to secure the nomination. So little known was Polk as a national figure that the Whigs responded with the campaign slogan "Who Is Polk?" However, the energetic Polk, despite the fact of being regarded as sometimes aloof and cold, soundly defeated Whig candidate Henry Clay in his third bid to become President.

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Bluffs and Boundaries: James K. Polk's Policy of Brinkmanship A Conversation With Sam W. Haynes University of Texas at Arlington What kind of man was James K. Polk? James Knox Polk was a small town lawyer a man who was provincial in both his outlooks and his tastes. He was a man with a very strong sense of duty and professional obligation that made him seem cold, aloof and distant to many people. He was not a man who made friends easily or who had many interests. As far as we know, as President, his only reading materials were government documents and Bible scriptures. Polk was very methodical a man who paid scrupulous attention to detail. He was a man whose mind was closed to abstractions and new ideas. But one of the truly striking things about Polk was his self-confidence. In the diary he kept as President of the United States, there's absolutely no evidence of self-doubt. What were Polk's objectives when he took office?

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Entries Publication Data Dedication Advisory Board ... World Civilizations The Great American History Fact-Finder Polk, James K , eleventh president of the United States . Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and educated at the University of North Carolina, Polk served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee , acting as Speaker from 1835 to 1839. He then became governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841. He gained the Democratic nomination for president in 1844 as a dark horse and compromise choice because neither Martin Van Buren nor John C. Calhoun could win the nomination outright. Polk campaigned on a program of manifest destiny with slogans of "Annex Texas" and "Occupy Oregon," defeating his Whig opponent Henry Clay. More territory was added to the United States during Polk's administration than any other except that of Thomas Jefferson. Texas became part of the Union just before Polk took office. During his administration the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain divided the Oregon Territory , the independent Treasury System was reestablished, and the Walker Tariff lowered duties. Polk called for and directed the Mexican War , after which the United States acquired the Mexican Cession . Polk did not pursue renomination for a second term. Site Map I Partners I Press Releases I Company Home I Contact Us Terms and Conditions of Use Privacy Statement , and Trademark Information

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KiteCD United States Presidents 11 to 20 [11 James K. Polk] [12 Zachary Taylor] [13 Millard Fillmore] [14 Franklin Pierce] ... [home] Polk, James Knox - 11th U.S. President Born 2 November 1795 Died 15 June 1849 Term 1845 to 1849 Through a compromise with the British over a northern border, Polk managed to gain the territory which now make up Washington and Oregon. This made Polk the first president to run the country extending from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It was during President Polk’s term in 1845 that the abolitionist and escaped slave Frederick Douglass wrote his autobiography, endangering his own freedom by doing so. President Polk believed that the United States had a "manifest destiny" to expand. His attempts to gain more of Texas, New Mexico, and California led to the Mexican War. The invention of the revolver by Samuel Colt helped the U.S. to win this war and gain five hundred thousand square miles of land. Polk had promised to serve only one term in office. True to his word he retired at the end of his term. He died only three months after

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