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James Knox Polk
	11th President of the United States	March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849



	Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	Died: June 15, 1849, in Nashville, Tennessee
	Father: Samuel Polk	Mother: Jane Knox Polk
	Religion: Presbyterian	Occupation: Lawyer
	Education: Graduated from the University of North Carolina (1818)	Political Party: Democratic
	Nickname: "Young Hickory"

Married: Sarah Childress (1803-1891), on January 1, 1824

Other Government Positions:		Points of Interest:
Member of Tennessee House of Representatives, 1823-25 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1825-39 Speaker of the House, 1835-39 Governor of Tennessee, 1839-41		a week before he died, Polk was baptized a Methodist gaslights were installed in the White House while Polk was a resident Polk survived a gallstone operation at age 17 without anethesia or antiseptics the first annual White House Thanksgiving dinner was hosted by Sarah Polk a devout Presbyterian, Sarah Polk banned dancing, card-playing and alcoholic beverages in the White House the first time the telegraph used to spread news of a President's nomination

Prehaps more than any
other man James Knox
Polk is responsible
for the westward
expansion of the nation.

From the Internet

IPL POTUS -- James Knox Polk

White house--James K. Polk

Encyclopedia Americana: James Polk

James Knox Polk The Forgotten President's Page

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