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James Knox Polk
Eleventh U.S. President

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March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849

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George M. Dallas

FIRST LADY
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Sara Polk
starbar.gif (1814 bytes) BORN:  November 2, 1795
     Mecklenberg County, North Carolina
PROFESSION:  Attorney
POLITICAL PARTY:  Democratic
HOME STATE:  Tennessee
POLITICAL OFFICES:  U. S. Congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor of Tennessee
NICKNAME:  "Young Hickory"
DIED:  June 15, 1849  (Age - 53)
     Three months after leaving office.
     BURIED:  State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tennessee
James Polk "thinks well of himself; often asks advice, and does just as he pleases; is one of the firmest of men; slow in committing himself, but once committed, does all in his power to carry through his measures." 
O. S. Fowler, a phrenologist consulted by Polk in 1838

 

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