Legacy: During James K. Polk’s four years in office, the nation acquired vast lands that expanded the country to reach across the continent to the Pacific Ocean. Polk was a tireless achiever and left ...

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse ... the restoration of an independent treasury and a reduction in tariffs. Polk arrived in the White House with two major foreign policy objectives ...

James K. Polk’s final night as president ... After writing in his diary that his term was over, Polk exited the White House and stayed at the Irving Hotel in Washington. Because Taylor wasn ...

His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny ...