President James Knox POLK

1795 - 1849  (53 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	James Knox POLK
  Title	President
  Birth	2 Nov 1795	Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1839	Polk House, Tennessee, USA
  	James Polk Home The house where Polk spent his adult life before his presidency, in Columbia, Tennessee, is his only private residence still standing.
  Occupation	14 Oct 1839	Tennessee, USA
  Governor of Tennessee
  Occupation	15 Oct 1841	Tennessee, USA
  End of Governorship
  Occupation	4 Mar 1845	Washington DC
  11th President of the United States
  Occupation	4 Mar 1849	Washington DC
  End of Presidency
  Political Party	Democrat
  Wikipedia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk
  Death	15 Jun 1849	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
  Age	53 years
  Burial	Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
  		James & Sarah Polk's Grave
  Person ID	I6827	The Andrist-Lindy-Young & Rizzo Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Major Samuel Wilson POLK,   b. 5 Jul 1772, Tryon, Polk, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Nov 1827, Columbia, Maury, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Jane Gracy KNOX,   b. 15 Nov 1776, Iredell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA d. 11 Jan 1852, Columbia, Maury, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1794	Hopewell, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F10657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah CHILDRESS,   b. 4 Sep 1803, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Aug 1891, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1824	Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
  Photos		James & Sarah Polk
  Family ID	F10658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2013

  
  

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  James Polk Grave

  
  

  Photos » Slide Show		President James Knox Polk 1st President with a still existing photograph
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  		Polk One Dollar Coin