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James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States






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)

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