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Polk, James Knox

Born
11/2/1795
Birthplace
Little Sugar Creek, North Carolina
Occupation
11th U.S. President - March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 - Democrat
1823 - elected to Tennessee legislature
1825 - elected to Congress; served 14 years
1839 - elected Governor of Tennessee
Negotiated Oregon Treaty with Britain (as President)
Declared Mexican War (1846-48); won Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, part of Wyoming, and Texas.
Publications
Ref: ATLAS OF THE PRESIDENTS, by Donald E. Cooke.
THE LIVES AND GRAVES OF OUR PRESIDENTS, by G.S. Weaver.
Spouse
Sarah Childress, m. 1/1/1824
Nationality
American

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