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 Knox Polk (/poʊk/; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the...
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Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president...
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residence, Polk Place. After the president's death, Elias Polk continued to live at Polk Place and serve the widowed First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Once...
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James K. Polk. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. As President Polk's primary...
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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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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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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, and they...
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Fort Johnson (redirect from Ft. Polk)
072638°N 93.080635°W / 31.072638; -93.080635 Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana...
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Polk City may refer to a place in the United States: Polk City, Florida, a city Polk City, Iowa, a city This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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university alumnus President James K. Polk. The Wilson Library is at the south end of Polk Place. McCorkle Place and Polk Place are both in what is the northern...
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most accounts of cholera. On the afternoon of Friday, June 15, Polk died at his Polk Place home in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 53. History of cholera...
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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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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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Tennessee Polk Place, Polk's now-demolished home in Nashville, Tennessee President James K. Polk Historic Site, historic reconstruction of the cabin Polk was...
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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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Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was an American Confederate military officer, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana...
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, commonly known as Davis Polk, is a white-shoe, international law firm headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington...
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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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Chancellor James Moeser spoke to the student body on the central quad, Polk Place, and at 7 p.m. students organized a candlelight vigil in the Pit, a sunken...
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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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The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United...
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initially being interred in the Nashville City Cemetery, and then at Polk Place, also in Nashville, Tennessee. Interred at this site in October 1850,...
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Polk Street (also sometimes referred to by its German name, Polkstrasse) is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street...
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Polk Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Polk Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Polk Township, Monroe County...
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Under the name Polk Theatre and Office Building, the building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Polk Theatre as viewed...
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Aysia Polk (born August 10, 1990) is a former American child actress active from 1997 until 2005. Polk had a recurring role on American Dreams playing...
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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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Polk Township, Missouri may refer to one of the following places: Polk Township, Adair County, Missouri Polk Township, Atchison County, Missouri Polk...
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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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