It was never James K. Polk’s intention to run for president. A former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Polk had served a single two-year term as governor of Tennessee — then a ...

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although he served only one term, he was one ...

James K. Polk’s term ended on March 4, 1849. Zachary Taylor wasn’t sworn in until the next day. Some believed there was no president—or that an obscure senator was in charge.

James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other ...

James K. Polk 1845 – 1849. At a Glance Video Search Life Portrait Survey Result. Life Facts. Birth Date November 2, 1795; Death Date June 15, 1849; Birthplace Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; ...

President James K. Polk has returned to the White House as commentators find the thread of his themes in the man who brought him back -- President Donald Trump. For those who slept through history ...

James K. Polk. One author notes, “Manifest Destiny touched the issues of religion, money, race, patriotism and morality. These clashed in the 1840s as a truly great drama of regional conflict.” ...

The school board of Central Unified School District in Fresno voted 4-2 Tuesday to rename former James K. Polk Elementary School, now called Central Elementary School. The decision came after a tense ...

The state of Tennessee purchased the Polk Home in 1929, at which time the James K. Polk Memorial Association opened the home to the public. The association maintains and operates the home, ...

James K. Polk (1795-1849), 11th president of the U.S., 1845-49, half-length portrait, oil on canvas painting, George Peter Alexander Healy, 1846. (Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive ...

When President James K. Polk was elected, however, he supported the Manifest Destiny doctrine, which said that the U.S.’s destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean.