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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.
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.
James K. Polk Ancestral Home, Columbia, Tenn., where Polk lived from 1818 to 1824 (James K. Polk Memorial Association) Earliest known photograph of the White House, by John Plumbe, Jr., c. 1846 (Library of Congress) Polk Place, Nashville, where Polk lived at the end of his life in 1849 and where he was buried until 1893; house was demolished in ...
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Oct 29, 2009 · James K. 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 ...
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