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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great-niece and unofficially adopted daughter of former First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Sallie's mother died when she was only a few months old. Sallie...
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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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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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portrait of Mrs. Polk. She was seventy-five years old when she sat for the artist. Dury completed another portrait of Sarah Childress Polk in 1883, 34 years...
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relocate the remains of President Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk from the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville to the Polk home. On March 3, 2018, the...
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where Polk provided alcoholic refreshments for his voters, he defeated incumbent William Yancey. Beginning in early 1822, Polk courted Sarah Childress—they...
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Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1869) 1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891) 1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean...
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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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musician Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), U.S. First Lady from 1845 to 1849 William Childress (1933–2022), American author Childress, Texas Childress County...
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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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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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(2012–13), Soccer (2012) Among its alumnae is Sarah Childress Polk, wife of U.S. President James Knox Polk. Emma Augusta Lehman (1841–1922), teacher, poet...
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1895) September 4 Anna Nielsen, Danish mezzo-soprano (d. 1856) Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891) September 9 – Osgood Johnson...
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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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Childress, the brother of U.S. First Lady Sarah Childress Polk, brother-in-law of U.S. President James K. Polk, and the father-in-law of Tennessee Governor...
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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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Dandridge, Jr., and George Washington Craik. As aide-de-camp. His wife Sarah Childress Polk, it is said, too was his personal secretary. As Military Secretary...
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lady, Sarah Childress Polk, encouraged its regular use in this manner after it was used at James Polk's inauguration; William Seale says, "Polk was not...
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James Buchanan (category Polk administration cabinet members)
was an unfounded rumor that he had an affair with President Polk's widow, Sarah Childress Polk. Buchanan had a close relationship with William Rufus King...
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John Tyler Preceded by Priscilla Cooper Tyler (acting) Succeeded by Sarah Childress Polk Personal details Born Julia Gardiner May 4, 1820 Gardiner's Island...
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King Polk (1866–1902), United States representative from Pennsylvania Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), wife of James K. Polk Shawntinice Polk (1983–2005)...
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Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of Tennessee and Washington. Nova Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-59033-145-3. John Seigenthaler (2004). James K. Polk:...
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While in Washington, where he met with President James K. Polk (whose wife Sarah Childress Polk, was Meek's cousin), he argued forcefully for making the...
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suffragist and first woman to run for a seat in the North Carolina Senate Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States Frances Porcher, officer of the...
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Lee. Other notable visitors were former United States First Lady Sarah Childress Polk, United States Senator from Tennessee and the 1860 Constitutional...
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plantation. Samuel Polk (1772–1827), father of President James K. Polk. Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), First lady, wife of James K. Polk, one of the first...
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bishop VanLeer Polk, politician Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States, wife of President James K. Polk Drew Pomeranz, baseball pitcher...
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woman, author, activist Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) — First Lady of the United States; wife of President James K. Polk Adrian Harrold Wood — educator...
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fantasy Joseph B. Palmer (1825–1890), lawyer, legislator, and soldier Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), First Lady of the United States Patrick Porter, singer-songwriter...
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