81. James K. Polk - Eleventh President Of The United States Additional polk Resources These additional resources on james K. polk canprovide you with further information about the president and his times. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres11.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History American History Historical Figures ... The Presidents of the United States zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); American Culture Wars and Diplomacy Historical Figures Government and Politics ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About American History newsletter. Search American History James K. Polk - Eleventh President of the United States Polk Quote " No President who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure." More Polk Quotes Birth: November 2, 1795 Death: June 15, 1849 Term of Office: March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849 Number of Terms Elected: 1 Term First Lady: Sarah Childress Major Events While in Office: Oregon Treaty (1846) Mexican War (1846-1848) States Entering Union While in Office: Texas (1845) Iowa (1846) Wisconsin (1848) Related Resources: Additional Polk Resources These additional resources on James K. Polk can provide you with further information about the president and his times.

82. James Knox Polk - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Source Library of Congress. See also List of places named for james K. polk. SupremeCourt appointments. Related articles. us presidential election, 1844. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Knox_Polk

James Knox Polk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Server will be down for maintenance on 2004-06-11 from about 18:00 to 18:30 UTC. James Knox Polk Order: 11th President Term of Office: March 4 March 3 Followed: John Tyler Succeeded by: Zachary Taylor Date of Birth November 2 Place of Birth: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Date of Death: June 15 Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee First Lady Sarah Childress Polk Occupation: lawyer Political Party Democrat Vice President George M. Dallas Nicknames: Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump James Knox Polk November 2 June 15 ) was the 11th ( President of the United States Table of contents 1 Early life 2 Nomination and election 3 Presidency 4 Supreme Court appointments ... edit Early life Born in North Carolina in to Samuel Polk and Jane Knox, James Polk was studious and hard working. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in , became a lawyer , and entered politics Polk was a member of the United States House of Representatives ), also serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ), and Governor of Tennessee edit 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 Told of his nomination in a letter, Polk penned the reply: "It has been well observed that the office of President of the United States should neither be sought nor declined. I have never sought it, nor should I feel at liberty to decline it, if conferred upon me by the voluntary suffrages of my fellow citizens."

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President of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Server will be down for maintenance on 2004-06-11 from about 18:00 to 18:30 UTC. For the rock band, see Presidents of the United States of America The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States . Under the U.S. Constitution , the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces . The president is the principal elected representative of the U.S. citizenry. Because of the superpower status of the United States, the American President is often dubbed "the most powerful person on earth" and the current occupant is often one of the world's best-known figures. During the Cold War , the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still occasionally invoked today. Table of contents 1 Requirements to hold office 2 Presidential elections 3 Presidential powers 3.1 Presidential executive powers ... edit Requirements to hold office Section one of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President: The president must be a

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Return To Adherents.com Home Page Religious Affiliation of U.S. Presidents Denomination Number of Presidents Percent of Presidents Percent of Current U.S. Pop. Ratio % of Pres. to % of Pop. Episcopalian Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Unitarian Disciples of Christ Dutch Reformed Quaker Catholic Congregationalist/ United Church of Christ Keep in mind that in the table above, the % of the U.S. population for religious groups are current figures. Religious groups have had much different proportions at various time in U.S. history. One of the most over-represented religious groups among U.S. presidents is Unitarianism. Despite merging with Universalism in the 1960s, the combined proportion of Unitarian Universalists in the U.S. population is just 0.2% of the population (one in every 500 Americans). Yet there have been 4 Unitarian presidents. Another over-represented religious group among U.S. presidents is Dutch Reformed, by virtue of having two U.S. presidents, yet having only a small number of people left in the country who identify themselves as Reformed. The contemporary heir to the Dutch Reformed churches is the "Reformed Church in America," which has about 300,000 members in the U.S. and Canada. (Alternatively, one might count only a single president as Dutch Reformed, if Theodore Roosevelt is counted as an Episcopalian sources differ on this subject . Even only one Dutch Reformed president would constitute statistical over-representation.) After that, Disciples of Christ, Episcopalians, and Quakers have also had representation in the White House far outstripping their proportion of the U.S. population.

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The Library of Congress The Napoleon of the Stump President James K. Polk Eleventh President of the United States between 1845 and 1860. Prints and Photographs Division On November 5 , 1844, Democratic candidate James K. Polk defeated Whig party candidate Henry Clay to become the eleventh president of the United States. 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 Told of his nomination in a letter, Polk penned the reply: "It has been well observed that the office of President of the United States should neither be sought nor declined. I have never sought it, nor should I feel at liberty to decline it, if conferred upon me by the voluntary suffrages of my fellow citizens." Read Polk's acceptance letter in full in the American Memory collection Words and Deeds in American History Texas Coming In. (detail) lithograph of political cartoon H. Bucholzer, artist

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The Library of Congress I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Executive Oath of Office The Constitution of the United States Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 Inauguration of President Franklin Roosevelt Washington, D.C. Theodor Horydczak, photographer, circa 1933-1945. Washington as It Was, 1923-1959 On January 20, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held fours years earlier on March 4, 1933. Roosevelt's first inauguration had been shadowed by the onset of the Great Depression. Within a week of taking office, the new President had declared a Federal Bank Holiday. Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address was optimistic about the gains that had been made during his first administration, while acknowledging that much more was needed. In his speech he shared his vision of the nation's potential and challenged Americans to continue in a united effort to address poverty. Let us ask again: Have we reached the goal of our vision of that fourth day of March 1933? Have we found our happy valley? . . .

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Who Is James K Polk? The Enigma of Our Eleventh President Presented on the occasion of the 10th Hayes Lecture on the Presidency, February 14, 1999, in the Hayes Museum auditorium. by Robert W. Johannsen When the Democrats met in Baltimore in May, 1844, to nominate their candidate for the presidential election later that year, they deliberately passed over the party's leadersMartin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, James Buchanan, Thomas Hart Benton, to name a fewand selected instead a relatively unknown former congressman from Tennessee who just nine months before had been defeated for the governorship of his state. The Whig opposition, party leaders and editors of the party's press, met the Democratic action with ridicule and delight. Who is James K. Polk? they asked derisively. It was not that they really didn't know who he was; they just wanted to remind the voters that the Democratic party had nominated an individual who was so little known, and hence so poorly qualified, to serve in the highest office in the country. They thought their query would call attention to the fact

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US Presidents: Lists and Records The presidents of the United States are so much fun. Understanding them helps us understand American history. We have compiled a series of lists about the presidents, and will be adding more as we think of new categories. Contents: Birthplaces Religion Military Experience Electoral Lists ... Books and CDs Presidential birthplaces Presidents born before the USA became a country: George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison Presidents born in Arkansas Bill Clinton Presidents born in California Richard Nixon Presidents born in the Carolinas Andrew Jackson (historians are not sure whether he was born in North or South Carolina) James Polk (North Carolina) Andrew Johnson (North Carolina) Presidents born in Connecticut George W. Bush Presidents born in Georgia Jimmy Carter Presidents born in Illinois Ronald Reagan Presidents born in Iowa Herbert Hoover Presidents born in Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Presidents born in Massachusetts John Adams John Quincy Adams John Kennedy George Bush Presidents born in Missouri Harry Truman Presidents born in Nebraska Gerald Ford Presidents born in New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Presidents born in New Jersey Grover Cleveland Presidents born in New York Martin Van Buren Millard Fillmore Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Presidents born in Ohio Ulysses Grant Rutherford Hayes James Garfield Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William Taft Warren Harding Presidents born in Pennsylvania James Buchanan Presidents born in Texas

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Fundraising Newsletter Do-It-Yourself Fundraising Return Home Religious Affiliation of U.S. Presidents Keep in mind that in the table above, the % of the U.S. population for religious groups are current figures. Religious groups have had much different proportions at various time in U.S. history. One of the most over-represented religious groups among U.S. presidents is Unitarianism. The combined proportion of Unitarian Universalists in the U.S. population is just 0.2% of the population (one in every 500 Americans). Yet there have been 4 Unitarian presidents. On the other end of the scale, the most under-represented religious group is Catholicism, which has had only one U.S. president (John F. Kennedy), despite making up 26% of the current U.S. population. Major religious groups in the U.S. which have never had a U.S. president include: Lutherans (about 5% of the U.S. population); Jews (about 2% of the U.S. population); Latter-day Saints (2%); Pentecostals (about 1.8 %); Muslims (approx. 1 to 1.5%); Eastern Orthodox (approx. 1%); and Churches of Christ (1%). Denomination Number of Presidents Percent of Presidents Percent of Current U.S. Pop.

91. "Our First Line Of Defense" Presidential Reflections On US Intelligence (U) Our First Line of Defense Presidential Reflections on us Intelligence (U). Centerfor the Study of Intelligence. james K. polk 184549. http://www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/firstln/polk.html

"Our First Line of Defense" Presidential Reflections on US Intelligence (U) Center for the Study of Intelligence JAMES K. POLK (Portrait) In 1846, certain members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs raised a furor over the alleged misuse of foreign intercourse funds by Daniel Webster while he served as Secretary of State. Portions of these funds, known as Secret Service Funds, were available for unvouchered use on the certificate of the President that their expenditure had been for confidential purposes. A resolution of the House of Representatives requested President James K. Polk to furnish the House with all records of expenditures of these confidential Secret Service Funds during Webster's tenure as Secretary of State under Presidents Harrison and Tyler. In denying the request of the House of Representatives, President Polk wrote: President James K. Polk, Message to the House of Representatives, 20 April 1846 Unclassified

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93. The Presidents Of The USA - EnchantedLearning.com james K. polk (17951849), Democrat, 1845-1849, George Dallas. HW Bush (1924- ), Republican,1989-1993, james Danforth (Dan Find the names of all the us Presidents in http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/list.shtml

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94. James K Polk History Member of us House of Representatives, 182539. News of polk s nomination was widelydisseminated using Secretary of State james Buchanan (1845-1849) Secretary http://www.pinevillenc.net/polk.html

Home Click on the welcome text above to return to the home page. Click on the town seal to learn more about our history. JAMES KNOX POLK Eleventh President of the United States, 1845 - 1849 James K. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on November 2, 1795. The Polk family (the original family name was Pollock) came to Maryland in 1680 and gradually moved southward to North Carolina. In 1806, when James was eleven years old, the Polk family moved to Tennessee where James' father was a farmer and surveyor. Young James attended nearby academics and in 1815 entered the sophomore class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated in 1818 with high honors. Polk returned to Tennessee and practiced law until his election as president. His success as a lawyer brought him into politics and his speeches won him the nickname "Napoleon of the Stump". He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives when he married Sarah Childress in 1822. In 1825 Polk was elected to the first of his seven terms in Congress and in 1835 he was chosen Speaker of the House. He refused renomination for Congress in 1839 to become a successful Democratic candidate for the governor of Tennessee. In 1840 public sentiment began to favor the Whigs, and consequently in 1841 and 1843 Polk was defeated in his attempt to be re-elected governor of Tennessee.

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Breaking news President Taft Sleep apnea The story from ... Graphical Version The Medical History of President James Polk President #11. Maladies hand shaking cholera Resources Maladies and Conditions Top hand shaking It appears that repetitive strain injuries from hand-shaking is an occupational illness among politicians. Like William McKinley , Polk developed a technique allowing him to "shake hands during the whole day without suffering any bad effects from it" [ Death: cholera Died shortly after leaving office. Some have written that Polk worked so hard while President that he weakened himself physically and succumbed to disease as a result [ Resources Top Anonymous. Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics. New York: Warner Books, 1996. ISBN 0446604275 @ Amazon "Anonymous" was later revealed to be Joel Klein. Boller, Paul F. Jr. Presidential Anecdotes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. ISBN 0-19-502915-1 @ Amazon [a] p. 101 MacMahon, Edward B. and Curry, Leonard. Medical Cover-Ups in the White House. Washington, DC: Farragut, 1987.

98. Polk, James K(nox) polk, james K(nox). polk, daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, 1849. 2, 1795, MecklenburgCounty, NC, USd. June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tenn.), 11th president of the http://www.search.eb.com/elections/micro/473/96.html

Polk, James K(nox) Polk, daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, 1849 By courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Documents (b. Nov. 2, 1795, Mecklenburg County, N.C., U.S.d. June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tenn.), 11th president of the United States (1845-49). Under his leadership the United States fought the Mexican War (1846-47) and acquired vast territories along the Pacific coast and in the Southwest. Early life and career. At the age of 11 Polk accompanied his family to Tennessee, where his father operated a prosperous farm in Maury County. Though ill health made formal schooling impossible during his childhood, at the age of 20 he successfully passed the entrance requirements for the second-year class of the University of North Carolina. He was "correct, punctual, and industrious," and as a graduating senior in 1818 he was the Latin salutatorian of his classthe preeminent scholar in both the classics and mathematics. After graduation he returned to Tennessee and began to practice law in Nashville. His interest in politics, which had fascinated him even as a young boy, was encouraged by his association with leading public figures in the state. In 1820 he was admitted to the bar. Because he was a confirmed Democrat and an unfailing supporter of Andrew Jackson and because his style of political oratory became so popular that he was characterized as the "Napoleon of the stump," his political career was assured. His rapid rise to political power was furthered by his wife, Sara Childress Polk (1803-91), whom he married Jan. 1, 1824, while serving in the state house of representatives (1823-25). The social prominence of her family and her personal charm were distinct assets for a politically ambitious lawyer. As an official hostess she won the admiration and esteem of the leading figures of the day, and for 25 years she was her husband's close companion in state and national politics.

99. Handwriting US Presidents Signatures Samples Return to previous page. us Presidents ordered by Term. John Tyler (18411845);james polk (1845-1849); Zachary Taylor (1849-1850); Millard Fillmore (1850-1853); http://www.handwriting.org/images/samples/pressigs.htm

Return to previous page US Presidents ordered by Term George Washington (1789-1797) John Adams (1797-1801) Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) James Madison (1809-1817) James Monroe (1817-1825) John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) William Henry Harrison (1841) John Tyler (1841-1845) James Polk (1845-1849) Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) James Buchanan (1857-1861) Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Ulysses S Grant (1869-1877) Rutherford B Hayes (1877-1881) James A Garfield (1881) Chester A Arthur (1881-1885) Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) William McKinley (1897-1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) William H Taft (1909-1913) Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) Warren Harding (1921-1923) Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) Herbert Hoover (1929-1933) Franklin D Roosevelt (1933-1945) Harry S Truman (1945-1953) Dwight D Eisenhower (1953-1961) John F Kennedy (1961-1963) Lyndon B Johnson (1963-1969) Richard M Nixon (1969-1974) Gerald R Ford (1974-1977) Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) George Bush (1989-1993) Bill Clinton (1993-2001) George W. Bush (2001-)

100. US Presidents And Wars 11, polk, james Knox, 17951849, 1845-1849, Mexican War (1846-1848). China (1972)détente with usSR eventual withdrawal of us troops from 39, Carter, james Earl, Jr http://retiary.org/misc_pages/us_presidents_and_wars.html

US Presidents in Chronological Order and Their Wars a table compiled in an evening of looking things up by Laurie Spiegel Name Lived Held Office War(s) King William's War (1689-1697) Queen Anne's War (1702-1713) Yamasee War (1715-16) (South Carolina Yamasee Tribe) King George's War (1744-1748) French and Indian Wars (1754-1763) Washington, George Revolutionary War (1775-1783) Adams, John Jefferson, Thomas Tripolitan War (1801-1805) against Tripoli (now in Libya) Madison, James War of 1812 the Creek War (1813-14) Monroe, James Indian Wars of 1817-1821 First Seminole War (1817-18) Monroe Doctrine (1823) Adams, John Quincy Jackson, Andrew "Old Hickory" Black Hawk War (1832) Second Seminole War (1835-42) Van Buren, Martin Harrison, William Henry* *Tyler, John Polk, James Knox Mexican War (1846-1848) *Taylor, Zachary "Old Rough and Ready" *Fillmore, Millard Pierce, Franklin Third Seminole War (1855-58) Buchanan, James Lincoln, Abraham* Civil War (1861-65) *Johnson, Andrew Grant, Ulysses Simpson (Hiram Ulysses) Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876) Hayes, Rutherford Birchard

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