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  2. James K. Polk - Wikipedia

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    James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of Jacksonian democracy and extending the territory of the United States.

  3. Presidency of James K. Polk - Wikipedia

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    The presidency of James K. Polk began on March 4, 1845, when James K. Polk was inaugurated as the 11th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1849. He was a Democrat , and assumed office after defeating Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election .

  4. List of presidents of the United States by previous experience

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    2 presidents served as party leaders of the House of Representatives, James A. Garfield and Gerald Ford. 1 president served as an ordained minister, serving as a pastor in the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church, James A. Garfield. [4] [5] 1 president served as speaker of the House of Representatives, James K. Polk.

  5. 1844 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    On the eighth ballot, the historian George Bancroft, a delegate from Massachusetts, proposed former House Speaker James K. Polk as a compromise candidate. Polk argued that Texas and Oregon had always belonged to the United States by right. He called for "the immediate re-annexation of Texas" and for the "re-occupation" of the disputed Oregon ...

  6. James K. Polk 1844 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    The 1844 presidential campaign of James K. Polk, then both the former speaker of the United States House of Representatives and governor of Tennessee, was announced on May 27, 1844 in Baltimore, Maryland, however Polk had originally sought the vice-presidential nomination. At the 1844 Democratic National Convention on May 27, seven ballots were ...

  7. Thornton Affair - Wikipedia

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    Although the United States had annexed Texas, both the US and Mexico claimed the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. [1]: 11 Polk had ordered Taylor's "Army of Occupation" to the Rio Grande early in 1846 after Mexican President Mariano Paredes declared in his inaugural address that he would uphold the integrity of Mexican territory to the Sabine River.

  8. A Country of Vast Designs - Wikipedia

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    A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent is a book by Robert W. Merry published in 2009 by Simon & Schuster. [1] The work focuses on the background and political history of the south westward expansion of the United States, the Presidency of James K. Polk, and the Mexican American War. [2]

  9. Category:Presidency of James K. Polk - Wikipedia

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    United States federal judges appointed by James K. Polk (11 P) Pages in category "Presidency of James K. Polk" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.