Polk, James K.
(b. November 2, 1795; d. June 15, 1849) Member of House of Representatives, including speaker of the House; eleventh president of the United States (1845–1849).
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In his inaugural address, James K. Polk outlined four major economic and geographic goals for his administration. He achieved those goals by stabilizing the economy and overseeing the largest expansio...
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The administration of James Knox Polk (1795-1849), eleventh president of the United States, saw America at war with Mexico. As a consequence, Polk added more territory to the United States than had an...
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In 1845 James K. Polk was elected the new President of the United States. He ran on a Democratic platform supporting the annexation of Texas and western expansion (PBS 1). It would not be long before ...
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Editor's Note: Steve Chapman is on vacation. The following column was originally published in October 2005.Amid all his current troubles, President Bush probably has not spent much time contemplati...
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I'm not sure what the New Year has in store. Who does? OK, there are some who religiously adhere to soothsayers such as Nostradamus. I don't. His predictions tend to lean toward the bleak with prop...
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If you or someone you know is pregnant … be prepared. The child will be a rat. Anyone who turns 12 this year is also a rat. You may consider me a jackass for saying that, but technically I'm ...
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Politics makes strange bedfellows. Everyone knows that. This campaign makes for strange bed-hopping. (How post-modern.) Hillary haters find themselves cheering Sen. Ted Kennedy to rally Democrats b...
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A bit of inspirational vision from Thomas Jefferson. A dose of national supremacy from James Monroe. Theodore Roosevelt's bully pulpit, Ronald Reagan's folksy charm and Bill Clinton's empathy. Add ...
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The Smithsonian by Warren D. Jorgensen Jerry Hudis works quietly, painstakingly scraping and brushing away embedded dirt from a 120-million-year-old dinosaur bone. Visitors watch his efforts throug...
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The president of the United States stands at the podium in the American Capitol, facing us all — Congress, the Cabinet, a television audience of millions. He struggles for the right words to ...
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Polk, James K.
President James K. Polk
James Knox Polk
President James K. Polk and the Mexican-American War
Bush And The Dubious Honor Of A Second Term
