11. Life Facts. Birth Date November 2, 1795; Death Date June 15, 1849; ... Presidential Library/Key Site President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville, NC ; James K. Polk 1845 – 1849.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming the 11th president - Polk began his career in politics in the Tennessee legislature. In 1825, Polk ...

A portrait of James K. Polk is pictured. Photo courtesy of Dr. Tom ... the circumstances of his rather humble birth and how close to us here in Aiken is the place where he spent his first 11 years.

James K. Polk. One author notes, “Manifest Destiny touched the issues of religion, money, race, patriotism and morality. These clashed in the 1840s as a truly great drama of regional conflict.” ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming the 11th president - Polk began his career in politics in the Tennessee legislature.

Given his stated interest in annexing Canada, taking back the Panama Canal, and buying Greenland, perhaps this time around he should go with a portrait of a Jackson acolyte, President James K. Polk.

Object Details author Sellers, Charles Grier Notes Vol. 2 has title: James K. Polk, continentalist, 1843-1846 Contents [v. 1] Jacksonian, 1795-1843 -- Old Mecklenberg -- Growing up with the West -- ...

James K. Polk. James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Before he became president, Polk served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives ...

When President James K. Polk was elected, however, he supported the Manifest Destiny doctrine, which said that the U.S.’s destiny was to expand to the Pacific Ocean.