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Oct 29, 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...
Pres. James K. Polk oversaw a large territorial expansion of the United States. He advocated for annexation of Texas and aggressively prosecuted the resulting Mexican-American War, which added much of the Southwest and California to the country’s territory.
Polk accomplished nearly everything that he said he wanted to accomplish as President and everything he had promised in his party's platform: acquisition of the Oregon Territory, California, and the Territory of New Mexico; the positive settlement of the Texas border dispute; lower tariff rates; the establishment of a new federal depository ...
Oct 29, 2024 · What were James K. Polk’s major accomplishments? When did James K. Polk die? What was the Mexican-American War? What did the Mexican-American War have to do with Manifest Destiny?
- James K. Polk had surgery to remove urinary bladder stones when he was 16. Born on November 2, 1795, James Knox Polk was the oldest of 10 children born to Samuel Polk, a farmer and surveyor, and his wife, Jane.
- James K. Polk won a seat on the Tennessee Legislature at 27, and the U.S. House of Representatives at 29. During his time in the state legislature, he met—and befriended—future president Andrew Jackson.
- James K. Polk's nomination for president surprised everyone—including himself. Months before the democratic national convention of 1844, Polk was at a low point.
- Everyone thought James K. Polk would lose his bid for the presidency. Despite being a seven-time congressman, a former Speaker of the House, and an ex-governor, Polk was a relative nobody.
James Knox Polk (/ poʊk /; [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.
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He accomplished every major goal that he set for himself as President and in the process successfully waged war against Mexico, obtaining for the United States 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 easily could have won reelection.
