Jame k.polk series#

Polk did not begin his formal education until 1813 at the age of 18. John Seigenthaler wrote this particular instalment and edited by Arthur M.

Jame k.polk series#

He was a sickly youth who suffered from gallstones. Polk is the eleventh book in The American Presidents series a biographical series chronicling the Presidents of the United States. He moved with his family at the age of ten to Tennessee. After several battles and the American occupation of Mexico City, Mexico ceded New Mexico and California in 1848, and coast-to-coast expansion was complete. Polk was born on November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Things went less smoothly in the hunt for California and New Mexico, and ever-increasing tensions led to the Mexican-American War. Polk Brief Biography of James Knox Polk James Knox Polk served as the eleventh president of the United States of America and displayed characteristics that many admired. He lowered tariffs and established an independent treasury. Polk Zachary Taylor The 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore The 13th President of the United States. He was a dark horse candidate who sought, and served, only one term in office. Polk The 11th President of the United States James K. At 49, he was (at the time) the youngest man to ever assume the highest office in the country. Neither England nor the Polk administration wanted a war, and Polk knew that only war would likely allow the United States to claim the land.Īfter back-and-forth negotiation, and some effective hardball played by Polk, the British accepted the 49th parallel as the northern border (the current border between the United States and Canada), excluding the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and the deal was sealed in 1846. POLK: He was the eleventh president of the United States. District Court in the mid-Atlantic Region. They were signed by the President of the United States, then docketed and filed by a U.S. The following pardons were stolen from the National Archives-Philadelphia by Shawn Aubitz in 2002. Polk's political allies claimed the entire Oregon area for the United States, from California northward to the 54° 40' latitude (the southern boundary of what is now Alaska), and so the mantra '54-40 or fight!' was born. Eleventh President of the United States, 1845 to 1849. Regarding the Oregon territory, which was much larger than the current state of Oregon, President Polk would have to contend with England, who had jointly occupied the area for nearly 30 years. Polk Veterans Association is a chartered and incorporated non-profit 501(c) (19) organization organized exclusively and specifically for the pleasure, recreation, and fellowship of the men who served aboard the United States submarine USS James K.