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    William Hawkins Polk (May 24, 1815 – December 16, 1862) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's...
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  • North Carolina William J. Polk (died 1863), American politician William Hawkins Polk (1815–1862), Tennessee congressman William R. Polk (born 1929), foreign...
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    Maria Polk, Lydia Eliza Polk, Franklin Ezekiel Polk, Marshall Tate Polk, John Lee Polk, Naomi Tate Polk, Ophelia Clarissa Polk, William Hawkins Polk and...
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  • December 7, 1747, the seventh of eight children born to William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near present-day Carlisle...
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    re-election, defeating Independent Democrat William Hawkins Polk, brother of former President James K. Polk, with 63.37% of the vote. This election took...
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  • United States in the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James K. Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee politician who won the Democratic Party's...
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    Tasker Polk, son of his brother William Hawkins Polk, was the one who led the legal battle against Sarah Polk Fall. A judge ruled in favor of Tasker Polk and...
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  • disputes. Before US President James K. Polk took office in 1845, the US Congress approved the annexation of Texas. Polk wished to gain control of a portion...
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    Mexico claimed the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.: 11  Polk had ordered Taylor's "Army of Occupation" to the Rio Grande early in 1846...
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  • Vanleer Polk (1858–1907), American politician from Tennessee William Benjamin Polk (1930–2014), Illinois state representative William Hawkins Polk (1815–1862)...
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    president's younger brothers William Hawkins Polk was the last Polk to directly live in the home, and his son would be the last Polk to own it until 1871. It...
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  • Bailey Hardeman. Trusten Polk was also nephew of Delaware Governor Peter F. Causey. James K. Polk and William Hawkins Polk were also cousins by marriage...
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    Colonel William Polk (9 July 1758 – 14 January 1834) was a North Carolina banker, educational administrator, political leader, renowned Continental officer...
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    Atlanta Campaign. Leonidas Polk was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Colonel William and Sarah (née Hawkins) Polk. William was a Revolutionary War veteran...
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    Tennessee and his cousin William Polk was a trustee. Polk's roommate was William Dunn Moseley, who became the first Governor of Florida. Polk joined the Dialectic...
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  • Ewing (D) Isham G. Harris (D) Christopher Harris Williams (W) 32nd (1851–1853) William M. Churchwell (D) William Hawkins Polk (ID) William Cullom (W)...
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    September 28, 1838 December 29, 1841 William Boulware, Chargé d'Affaires December 29, 1841 June 24, 1845 William Hawkins Polk, Chargé d'Affaires July 24, 1845...
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    congressional district, 1851–1853; Illinois Secretary of State, 1843–1846) William Hawkins Polk (U.S. House Representative from Tennessee's 6th congressional district...
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    (1986). "James Gillespie". NCpedia. Retrieved November 1, 2019. r2WPadmin. "Polk, James K." Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1...
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  • Rivers and Harbors Bill (category Presidency of James K. Polk)
    Polk on August 3. The bill would have provided for federally funded internal improvements on small harbors, many of them on the Great Lakes. Polk believed...
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    from Tennessee In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 Preceded by William Hawkins Polk Succeeded by James Houston Thomas Constituency 6th district In office...
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  • Ebenezer J. Penniman W-MI Jared Perkins W-NH Rodman M. Price D-NJ William Hawkins Polk ID-TN Robert Rantoul Jr. D-MA Isaac Reed W-ME Reuben Robie D-NY Lorenzo...
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  • Tennessee Democratic 1795–1849 Rufus King Polk 1899–1902 Pennsylvania Democratic 1866–1902 William Hawkins Polk 1851–1853 Tennessee Independent Democrat...
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    president. Andrew Johnson bid $500 for William A. Johnson's mother Dolly Johnson Elias Polk was enslaved by James K. Polk at his farm in Maury County, Tennessee...
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  • 1,231 8.89 / 100 4th August 6 Tennessee 6th Independent Democrat William Hawkins Polk 5,830 56.13 / 100 Elected August 14 North Carolina 2nd Secessionist...
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    century. Hawkins was also a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the late 1860s, and was briefly the U.S. consul to Havana, Cuba, in 1868. Hawkins was born...
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    of Polk's Army Corps [CS] withdrew from this ridge east to Cassville when pressed back by Butterfield's (3d) Div., XXth Corps [US], from the Hawkins Price...
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    "Patriots Re-sign WR Kendrick Bourne; Sign Unrestricted Free Agent S Jaylinn Hawkins". www.patriots.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21. Spotrac.com. "Kendrick Bourne"...
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    led to Van Buren being dropped by the Democrats in favor of Polk, who favored annexation. Polk tied the Texas annexation question with the Oregon dispute...
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    males and 75 females) and are distributed as follows: Hawkins county, 31; Monroe county, 12; Polk county, 10; other counties (8 or less in each), 93. Quoting...
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