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James Knox Polk ( 2 November 1795 - 15 June 1849 ) was the eleventh President of the United States. Sourced Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in...
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 any other president except Thomas Jefferson. 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). James Knox Polk was born November 2, 1795, in North Carolina and raised in...
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 expansion of U.S. territory of any president. Those...
This article is about the U.S. President. For the Georgia congressman, see James G. Polk. For the submarine, see USS James K. Polk. James Knox Polk (November 2 1795 – June 15 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from...
Correspondence of James K. Polk. Volume X: July-December 1845. Edited by Wayne Cutler, James L. Rogers II, Brian E. Crowson, and Cynthia J. Rogers. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. xxviii, 551. $55.00, ISBN 1-57233-304-9.) This latest installment of Correspondence of James...
Correspondence of James K. Polk. Volume X: July-December 1845. Edited by Wayne Cutler, James L. Rogers II, Brian E. Crowson, and Cynthia J. Rogers. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2004. Pp. xxviii, 551. $55.00, ISBN 1-57233-304-9.) This latest installment of Correspondence of James...
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 contemplating the wisdom of James K. Polk. But had he engaged in that uncommon pastime a couple...
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 prophesies of plagues, eruptions and Armageddon. Plus, Nostradamus's writings are...
