James Knox
POLK
(b.
2 November 1795
,
North Carolina, USA
d.
15 June 1849
,
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
)
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James Knox POLK was born
2 November 1795
in North Carolina, USA.
James Knox POLK
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Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS 1 January 1824 in Tennessee, USA . Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS was born 4 September 1803 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA. She died 14 August 1891 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
James Knox POLK died 15 June 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
born at Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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America - Did you know? July 4, 1828: Construction is begun on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first public railroad...Read MORE...www.infoplease.com
Carolina is from the Latin word for Charles (Carolus) honoring King Charles I of England (who made the original land grant in 1629). South Carolina was formed in 1729, when the Carolina colony was divided in two. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1729 - Crown Colony of Carolina
1729 - 1789 - Crown Colony of North Carolina
November 21, 1789 - North Carolina becomes 12th U.S. state
- Bio
JAMES K. POLK, the eleventh President of the 'United States, was born in Mecklenburgh County, N. C., November 2, 1795. His parents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 1735. In 1806, with his wife and children, and soon after followed by most of the members of the Polk family, Samuel Polk emigrated some two or three hundred miles farther west, to...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894 
1795 Birth
2 November 1795
, North Carolina, USA
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1824 Marriage / Partner
James Knox POLK and Sarah Whitsett CHILDRESS 1 January 1824, , Tennessee, USA- 1845 - March 4 - James K. Polk (1795-1849) becomes 11th President of the United States
When James K. Polk accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidency, he was not very well known. The Whig opposition party played on his obscurity, sniping, 'Who is James K. Polk?' An experienced speaker, Polk surprised everyone when he campaigned vigorously and won the presidency on November 5, 1844. He was called a 'dark horse' candidate because he was not expected to beat his opponent, Henry Clay of the Whig Party, to become the...Read MORE...
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1849 Death
15 June 1849
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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