In 1844, James K. Polk became the first dark horse candidate to win the presidency, beating Henry Clay. Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed ...

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate ... Polk was the last strong president before Lincoln, and he achieved most of the stated domestic goals of the Democratic Party, namely ...

One year ago, student Malachi Suarez, 11, led a movement to rename Polk Elementary because the former president owned slaves and authorized the Mexican-American War. Malachi gathered 1,500 signatures ...

President James K. Polk has returned to the White House as commentators find the thread of his themes in the man who brought him back -- President Donald Trump. For those who slept through history ...

On August 10, 1846, the U.S. Senate passed the act organizing the Smithsonian Institution, which was signed into law by President James K. Polk. Congress authorized acceptance of the Smithson bequest ...