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    James Knox Polk (/poʊk/; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew...
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    The presidency of James K. Polk began on March 4, 1845, when James K. Polk was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1849...
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  • James K. Polk (1795–1849) was the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. James Polk may also refer to: James Polk (journalist) (1937–2021)...
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    1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk. Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband...
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    The inauguration of James K. Polk as the 11th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, March 4, 1845, at the East Portico of the United States...
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    Elias Polk (c. 1806 – December 30, 1886) was an African American enslaved by President James K. Polk and his family from birth until his emancipation in...
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  • USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645) USS President Polk (AP-103) Polk County, Arkansas Polk County, Florida Polk County, Georgia Polk County, Iowa Polk County...
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  • Look up Polk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polk may refer to: James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States Polk (name), other people with...
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    (John Quincy Adams in 1824, Martin Van Buren in 1836, James Polk in 1844, Zachary Taylor in 1848, James Buchanan in 1856, Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892...
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  • James Ray Polk (September 12, 1937 – July 15, 2021) was an American journalist, known for his investigative reporting and coverage of American political...
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    Polk Place was the home of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk, originally on Vine Street in Nashville...
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  • "James K. Polk" is a song by alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, about the United States president of the same name. Originally released in 1990...
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    Samuel Polk (July 5, 1772 – December 3, 1827) was an American surveyor and the father of U.S. President James Knox Polk. His slaves included Elias Polk. He...
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    county seat is Dallas. The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk County is part of the Salem, OR Metropolitan...
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    The 1844 presidential campaign of James K. Polk, then both the former speaker of the United States House of Representatives and governor of Tennessee...
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    1844 United States presidential election (category Presidency of James K. Polk)
    held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1844. Democrat James K. Polk narrowly defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest turning on the...
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  • (currently at age 81) leaves office, this distinction will pass to him. James K. Polk had the shortest retirement of any president, dying of cholera only...
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    USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645), a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
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  • Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: Polk County...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to James G. Polk. James Gould Polk (October 6, 1896 – April 28, 1959) was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic...
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    Maury County, Tennessee, and a first cousin twice removed of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in...
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    James Hilliard Polk (December 13, 1911 – February 18, 1992) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States...
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  • Ezekiel Polk (December 7, 1747 – August 31, 1824) was American soldier, pioneer and the paternal grandfather of President James Knox Polk. Ezekiel Polk was...
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    The President James K. Polk Home & Museum is the presidential museum for the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk (1795–1849), and is located...
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  • 0 0.1 0 0 10 John Tyler Whig Independent 0 3.9 3.9 0 1.9 2 1.9 2 0 11 James Polk Democratic 1 4 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 12 Zachary Taylor Whig 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1...
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    conversions. Biographers usually doubt these, though the baptism of James K. Polk is well documented. On the other hand, there are several presidents...
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    the death of Sarah's husband President James K. Polk. Sallie was raised at the Polks' private residence Polk Place. She married George Fall in 1865,...
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    district from 1851 to 1853. He was the younger brother of President James K. Polk. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the Tennessee...
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  • have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days. July 4, 1826:...
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    Polk County (/poʊk/) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census...
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