The anecdote made an early -- perhaps its earliest -- appearance in a typescript entitled "Biographical sketch of James K. Polk" (c. late 1880s), now among Bancroft's papers at the New York Public ...

Most common tags: Polk, James K., Life Portraits. Recent Programs. May 15, 2011 James K. Polk Ancestral Home. John Holtzapple led a tour of the James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, Tennessee.

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although he served only one term, he was one ...

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.

To their shock, many American-history readers who loved biographies of Adams, Lincoln, or Jackson will find among their 2009 holiday gifts a biography of—there's no disguising it—James K. Polk.

In a feat basically never before or again accomplished in the White House, President James K. Polk managed to execute nearly every single goal he established for himself at the outset of his term ...

James K. Polk’s term ended on March 4, 1849. Zachary Taylor wasn’t sworn in until the next day. Some believed there was no president—or that an obscure senator was in charge.

Like James K. Polk, he did what he set out to do. Should he choose to retire from public life, his historic reputation will likely not suffer for it. Gripping reads, smart analysis and a bit of ...

In his single term from 1845 to 1849, President James K. Polk extended the United States from sea to shining sea. Polk maintained a “keen ability to balance the diverse desires of the nation ...