Polk went on to win a narrow victory over Whig candidate Henry Clay, in part because Clay had taken a stand against expansion, although economic issues were also of great importance.

It is also the most recent presidential election where the winner, Polk, lost both his home state ( North Carolina ) and his state of residence ( Tennessee ).

Many in the North were also upset with the Walker tariff which reduced the tariff rates ; others were opposed to Polk ’ s veto of a popular river and harbor improvements bill, and still others were upset over the Oregon settlement with Great Britain where it appeared that Polk did not pursue the northern territory with the same vigor he used to acquire Texas.

Many San Francisco gays also moved there after about 1970 from what had been the formerly most prominent gay neighborhood, Polk Gulch, because large Victorian houses were available at low rents or available for purchase for low down payments when their former middle-class owners had fled to the suburbs.

) When Polk moved to terminate the joint occupation agreement, the British finally agreed to divide the region along the 49th parallel in early 1846, keeping the lower Columbia basin as part of the United States, and the dispute was settled by the Oregon Treaty of 1846, which the administration was able to sell to congress because the United States was about to begin the Mexican-American war, and the president and others argued it would be foolish to also fight the British Empire.

The original boundaries of Houston County also included all of present-day Anderson and Trinity Counties, and portions of present-day Henderson and Polk Counties.

The calmer Hiwassee River, a tributary of the Tennessee River which flows through northern Polk County, is also used for rafting and tubing.

It is also home to two high schools, Copper Basin and Polk county High School.

Frye also aided James Polk in compiling Divisions on a Ground: Essays on Canadian Culture ( 1982 ).

* In November 2007, an opera, also titled Elmer Gantry, by Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein premiered in the James K. Polk Theater in Nashville.

Polk County is also served by an additional non-freeway U. S. Highway: U. S. Route 176.

The town has also gone by the names of Napoleon and Polk Bayou.

The Village Council is composed of John Mahoney ( Mayor ; Liquor Control Commissioner ), Kenneth " Kent " Oliven, CPA ( Commissioner of Accounts & Finances ; Mayor Pro-Tem ), Nicole Milovich-Walters ( Commissioner of Streets & Public Improvements ; by Village Code also in charge of Recreation ), Dan Polk ( Commissioner of Public Health & Safety ), and G. Darryl Reed ( Commissioner of Building and Public Property ).

The Polk County Fair is also the main attraction for the town of Fertile during the summer.

The Polk County Sheriff's Department is also found in the city limits and includes seven sworn officers, four part-time officers and five support personnel.

Dobson was named for prominent Rockford and Surry County citizen William Polk Dobson who was also the cousin of former president, James K. Polk.

The township was formed in 1817 from territory taken from Kingston Township, and it was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury and also the father of George M. Dallas, the vice president of James Polk.

Alongside David K. Shipler he also won the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting.

This limited edition is also sold with a special commentary volume edited by Faulkner scholars Stephen Ross and Noel Polk.

He was also the United States Postmaster General under James K. Polk from 1845 – 1849.

Bedford Springs became an attraction for politicians, and, in addition to serving as the " Summer White House " for President James Buchanan from 1857 to 1861, also served as a getaway and meeting place for other presidents such as William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor, as well as a multitude of senators and congressmen, and their families.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ruby Laffoon also owed his selection to the machinations of the state's political bosses, notably his uncle, Congressman Polk Laffoon.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Rubén Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

Alexander wrote that his kinsman Adam Alexander had issued the order for the meeting to be convened, but William Polk and other eyewitnesses insisted that Thomas Polk had called the meeting.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five 20th century journalists with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn ; John Hersey ; George Polk ; Rubén Salazar ; and Eric Sevareid.

When the Mexican-American War began, largely through the actions of his friend and former law partner, Polk, who was now president, Brown issued a call for 2, 800 volunteer soldiers for the war effort.

* On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century times with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn ; John Hersey ; George Polk ; Rubén Salazar ; and Eric Sevareid.

Despite the objections of those living in Alexandria County, President Polk certified the referendum and issued a proclamation of transfer on September 7, 1846.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

On October 5, 2007, the United States Postal Service announced that it would honor five journalists of the 20th century times with first-class rate postage stamps, to be issued on Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Rubén Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

The war had begun with a Mexican slaughter of American soldiers in territory disputed by Mexico and the US ; Polk insisted that Mexican soldiers had " invaded our territory and shed the blood of our fellow-citizens on our own soil ".

Lincoln demanded that Polk show Congress the exact spot on which blood had been shed and prove that the spot was on American soil.

Alerted by a Union reconnaissance on January 14, 1862, Johnston ordered Tilghman to fortify the high ground opposite Fort Henry, which Polk had failed to do despite Johnston's orders.

Bragg at least calmed the nerves of Beauregard and Polk who had become agitated by their apparent dire situation in the face of numerically superior forces before the arrival of Johnston on March 24, 1862.

While the terms of President James K. Polk and Vice President George Mifflin Dallas had expired, Atchison's tenure as President pro tempore had already expired when the Thirtieth Congress adjourned sine die on March 4.

Story County was chosen as the location on June 21, 1859, from proposals by Johnson, Kossuth, Marshall, Polk, and Story counties.

James Knox Polk, the first of ten children, was born on November 2, 1795 in a farmhouse ( possibly a " log " cabin ) in what is now Pineville, North Carolina in Mecklenburg County, just outside Charlotte.

The University later named the lower quad on its main campus, Polk Place.

Jackson won and from then on Polk was a firm supporter of Jackson.

Polk courted Sarah Childress, and they married on January 1, 1824.

Polk made his first major speech on March 13, 1826, in which he said that the Electoral College should be abolished and that the President should be elected by the popular vote.

In 1828, Jackson ran for President again and during the campaign Polk and Jackson corresponded, with Polk giving Jackson advice on his campaign.

Polk initially hoped to be nominated for vice-president at the Democratic convention, which began on May 27, 1844.

When he took office on March 4, 1845, Polk, at 49, became the youngest man at the time to assume the presidency.

Polk put heavy pressure on Britain to resolve the Oregon boundary dispute.

In January 1846, to increase pressure on Mexico to negotiate, Polk sent troops under General Zachary Taylor into the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande — territory that was claimed by both the U. S. and Mexico.

Polk then made this the casus belli, and in a message to Congress on May 11, 1846, he stated that Mexico had " invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.

General Zachary Taylor, at the same time, was having success on the Rio Grande, although Polk did not reinforce his troops there.

* Fort Polk, a " T-72 " VISMOD is on display on Mississippi Avenue near the headquarters of 1st Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

In the United States presidential election of 1844, Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on foreign policy, with Polk favoring the annexation of Texas and Clay opposed.