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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.
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.
The President James K. Polk Home & Museum is the presidential museum for the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk (1795–1849), and is located at 301 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee. Built in 1816, it is the only surviving private residence of United States President James K. Polk.
Prior to his entrance to politics Polk's family would be hosts to multiple guests of importance such as the future president, Andrew Jackson, who was a family friend. [1] [a] In 1825 Polk entered national politics with his victory in Tennessee's 6th district and during the 1824 Presidential election Polk stood behind Jackson in his attempt to take the presidency.
Polk Place was the home of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk, originally on Vine Street in Nashville, Tennessee, before it was demolished in 1901.
The inauguration of James K. Polk as the 11th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, March 4, 1845, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 15th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both James K. Polk as president and George M. Dallas as vice president.
As president, he generally supported the rights of slave owners. His will provided for the freeing of his slaves after the death of his wife, though the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ended up freeing them long before her death in 1891. See James K. Polk and slavery for more details. 12th
8th president Martin Van Buren (died July 24, 1862) 21 years, 111 days after 9th president William Henry Harrison (died April 4, 1841) 13 years, 39 days after 11th president James K. Polk (died June 15, 1849) 12 years, 15 days after 12th president Zachary Taylor (died July 9, 1850) 187 days after 10th president John Tyler (died January 18, 1862)