Life Facts
Personal:
First Lady: Sarah Polk, Wife
Wife's Maiden Name: Sarah Childress
Number of Children: None
Education Level: College
School Attended: University of North Carolina
Religion: Presbyterian
Profession: Military, Law Clerk, Lawyer
Military Service: Colonel
Public Service:
Dates of Presidency: 3/4/1845 - 3/3/1849
Presidency Number: 11
Number of Terms: 1
Why Presidency Ended: Left after 1st term
Party: Democratic
His Vice President(s): George Mifflin Dallas
House of Representatives: Tennessee (1825-1839)
Governor of a State: Tennessee (1839-1841)
State Legislative Service: TN (1823-1825)
Other Offices: Speaker of the House
Methodology and Resources
Presidential Places
Birthplace:
James K. Polk Memorial
Gravesite: Tennessee State Capitol
Other Sites: Polk Ancestral Home
Reference Material
Bibliography
Inaugural Address
Related Links
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LIVE from Polk Ancestral Home - Columbia, TN. Guests include: Bill Seale, Author, The Presidents House; John Holtzapple, Director, James K. Polk Ancestral Home; and Tom Price, Curator, James K. Polk Ancestral Home. Watch | Order Videotape
Programming on James K. Polk includes:
Re-air of LIVE from Polk Ancestral Home - Columbia, TN Watch
Vignette: James K. Polk Birthplace With Carolyn Dilda Watch
Vignette: Origins of "Hail To The Chief" Watch
Vignette: James K. Polk And Religion with John Holtzapple Watch
Address: James Polk Administration with Robert Johannsen Watch
Washington Journal From 9/25/96 - Marvin Kranz, Library of Congress on Polk Papers and Diary Watch
Booknotes With Richard Shenkman, Author, Presidential Ambition: How The Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power, and Got Things Done Watch
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