Term[]
- March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849 (4 years, as 11th President of the United States)
- Preceded by John Tyler
- Succeeded by Zachary Taylor
- October 14, 1839 - October 15, 1841 (2 years, as 11th Governor of Tennessee)
- Preceded by Newton Cannon
- Succeeded by James C. Jones
- December 7, 1835 - March 3, 1839 (3 years, as Speaker of the US House of Representatives)
- Preceded by John Bell
- Succeeded by Robert M.T. Hunter
- March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1839 (13 years, as US Representative from Tennessee's 9th/6th District)
- Preceded by John Alexander Cocke
- Succeeded by Henry Magee Watterson
Life Data[]
- James Knox Polk
- Born November 2, 1795 (Pineville, North Carolina)
- Died June 15, 1849 (53 years)
- Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA 1818)
- Occupation: Lawyer, Politician
- Political Party: Democratic
Immediate Family[]
- Father: Samuel Wilson Polk (1772-1827)
- Mother: Jane Gracy Knox (1776-1852)
- Sibling 1: Jane Maria Polk (1798-1876)
- m.1813 James Walker (1792-1864)
- Children: 6 sons, 5 daughters
- Sibling 2: Lydia Eliza Polk (1800-64)
- m.1817 Silas Caldwell (1794-1846)
- Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters
- Sibling 3: Franklin Ezekiel Polk (1802-31)
- Sibling 4: Marshall Tate Polk (1805-31)
- m.1827 Laura Wilson (1808-48)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Sibling 5: John Lee Polk (1807-31)
- Sibling 6: Naomi Tate Polk (1809-36)
- m.1825 Adlai Harris (1798-1862)
- Children: 5 daughters
- Sibling 7: Ophelia Clarissa Polk (1812-51)
- m.1829 James Hayes (1794-1868)
- Children: 3 sons, 3 daughters
- Sibling 8: William Hawkins Polk (1815-62)
- m.1837 Belinda Dickinson (1816-44)
- m.1847 Mary Corse (1816-51)
- Children: 1 son
- m.1852 Lucy Williams (1826-1906)
- Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter
- Sibling 9: Samuel Washington Polk (1817-39)
- Paternal Grandfather: Ezekiel Franklin Polk (1747-1824)
- Paternal Grandmother: Mary Jane Winslow Wilson (1746-91)
- Maternal Grandfather: James Knox (1752-94)
- Maternal Grandmother: Lydia Naomi Bone Gillespie (1754-1828)
Wife: Sarah Childress[]
- Born September 4, 1803
- Father: Joel Childress (1777-1819)
- Mother: Elizabeth Whitsitt (1780-1863)
- Siblings: Anderson, Susan, Benjamin, John, Elizabeth
- Died August 14, 1891 (87 years)
- Marriage: January 1, 1824 - June 15, 1849 (25 years, died)