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Sep 19, 2024 · James Knox Polk (pronounced /ˈpoʊk/ POKE; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented the state of Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as Speaker of the House (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839 ...
- November 02, 1795
- Nashville, TN, United States
- Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC
Apr 3, 2017 · For the past 124 years, the Polk Tomb on Capitol Hill has protected the final resting place of President James K. Polk and First Lady Sarah Polk. It connects them to the city they called home, the city where he served as Governor and she as First Lady from 1839-1841, the city where she raised her niece as her own daughter, and the city where ...
Mar 28, 2017 · Finding A Place For President Polk's Body To Truly Rest In Peace. A tour group visits the tomb of President James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk on the grounds of the Tennessee State ...
Colored print; interior scene depicting Polk in his death bed surrounded by three men (One is probably a clergyman, one a doctor) and two women (his mother and wife). There is a cloth covered table beside the bed and heavy drapery in the background.
March 28, 2017 at 6:36 a.m. EDT. A few months after leaving office in 1849, President James K. Polk died at the Nashville mansion that he called Polk Place. Because the 11th president came down ...
The papers of James K. Polk (1795-1849), governor of Tennessee, representative from Tennessee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and eleventh president of the United States, contain approximately 20,500 items dating from 1775 to 1891, with the bulk falling in the period 1830-1849. The collection includes correspondence, presidential letterbooks, diaries, speeches and messages, account ...
James K. Polk: A Resource Guide. The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of material associated with James K. Polk, including the James K. Polk Papers. This resource guide compiles links to digital materials related to Polk such as manuscripts, letters, broadsides, government documents, and images that are ...
