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Title
James
Polk
portrait
Subject
Presidents -- United States
Ohio History -- Presidents and Politics
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Time Period
1840s
Description
James
Knox
Polk
, the
eleventh
President
of the
United
States
, was
born
in
North
Carolina
on
November
2
,
1795
.
After
studying
to
become
a
lawyer
, he
entered
politics
as a
Jacksonian
Democrat
.
Polk
served
in the
Tennessee
state
legislature
, the
United
States
House
of
Representatives
, and as
Governor
of
Tennessee
. In the
1844
presidential
election
, he
defeated
Henry
Clay
, the
Whig
candidate
for
president
.
During
his
administration
,
Polk
oversaw
the
founding
of the
United
States
Naval
Academy
and the
Smithsonian
Institution
,
lowered
tariffs
, and
acquired
California
,
New
Mexico
, and
Oregon
. His
most
notable
accomplishment
was
leading
the
United
States
to
victory
in a
war
with
Mexico
over
the
annexation
of
Texas
.
James
Polk
died
on
June
15
,
1849
,
three
months
after
leaving
office
.
Date of Original
ca.
1840-1849
Collection
James
Polk
Collection
Source
SC
3766
Format
Picture
;
Print
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL04169.tif
Image Height
2000
Image Width
2000
File Size
5361244 Bytes
Notes
Scanned
for
Ohio
History
Central
1831-1855
Date created
2011-08-04
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