Polk argued that, while the original intent of the war had never been to acquire territory ( a view hotly contested by his opponents ), an honorable peace required territorial compensation to the United States.

) 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.

During this period Polk argued about strategy with his subordinate, Pillow, and his superior, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of Confederate forces in the Western Theater.

While in Washington, where he met with President James K. Polk ( whose wife Sarah Childress Polk, was Meek's cousin ), he argued forcefully for making the Oregon Country a federal territory.

James K. Polk received the nomination instead.

The Tyler and Polk administrations ( 1841 – 48 ) successfully promoted this nationalistic doctrine over Whigs who wanted to concentrate on modernization and urbanization, and anti-slavery elements who tried to keep slavery out of the new territories so that white families could own and operate their own farms instead of having planters buy up the best lands and work them with gangs of slaves.

At the Democratic nominating convention a month later, however, Van Buren was unable to secure his party's nomination, and the Democrats instead nominated James K. Polk, who strongly favored annexation.

Cannon wanted to run against Polk in 1841, but Whig leaders instead nominated James C. Jones, thinking that Cannon would not be able to defeat Polk.

This was one of the driving factors behind the decision to move away from an earlier plan to initially equip airborne Army units, as in the Fort Polk exercise, and to focus instead upon those using Stryker ground vehicle systems.

In the season 8 episode " Dud Bowl II ", a scoreboard at Polk High's football stadium was to be dedicated to Al, but Marcy had it arranged for it to instead be named after Terry Bradshaw ( who says later in the episode that he never played football while attending Polk High ) out of malice ; but after hearing from Kelly how much it would mean to her father if the scoreboard honored him, Bradshaw decides to let the scoreboard to be named after Al.

Polk was the surprise ( dark horse ) candidate for president in 1844, defeating Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party by promising to annex Texas.

Polk oversaw the opening of the U. S. Naval Academy and the Smithsonian Institution, the groundbreaking for the Washington Monument, and the issuance of the first postage stamps in the United States.

Polk was awake during the operation with nothing but brandy available for anesthetic, but it was successful.

The Polks had connections with the university, then a small school of about 80 students: Sam Polk was their land agent for Tennessee, and his cousin, William Polk, was a trustee.

On September 20, 1819, Polk, with Grundy's endorsement, was elected clerk for the Tennessee State Senate.

Polk was admitted to the bar in June 1820 and his first case was to defend his father against a public fighting charge, and secure his release for a one dollar fine.

" In 1822 Polk resigned his position as clerk to run his successful campaign for the Tennessee state legislature in 1823, in which he defeated incumbent William Yancey, becoming the new representative of Maury County.

In October 1823 Polk voted for Andrew Jackson to become the next United States Senator from Tennessee.

In 1825, Polk ran for the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 6th congressional district.

During the campaign, Polk's opponents said that at the age of 29 Polk was too young for a spot in the House, but he won the election and took his seat in Congress.

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

Polk ran against fellow Tennessean John Bell for Speaker, and, after ten ballots, Bell won.

However, in 1835, Polk ran against Bell for Speaker again and won.

Polk worked for Jackson's policies as speaker, and Van Buren's when he succeeded Jackson in 1837 ; he appointed committees with Democratic chairs and majorities, including the New York radical C. C. Cambreleng as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, although he maintained the facade of traditional bipartisanship.

In 1838, the political situation in Tennessee — where, in 1835, Democrats had lost the governorship for the first time in their party's history — persuaded Polk to return to help the party at home.

Polk received one electoral vote from Tennessee for Vice President in the election.

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

Before the convention, Jackson told Polk that he was his favorite for the nomination of the Democratic Party.

This assured that if a deadlocked convention occurred, initial supporters of Van Buren would pick Polk as a compromise candidate for the Democrats.

According to a story told decades later by George Bancroft, Polk set four clearly defined goals for his administration:

During his presidency James K. Polk was known as " Young Hickory ", an allusion to his mentor Andrew Jackson, and " Napoleon of the Stump " for his speaking skills.

Polk feared that passing the Rivers and Harbors Bill would encourage legislators to compete for favors for their home districts – a type of corruption that would spell doom to the virtue of the republic.

There have been several plans presented to the public since the early 2000s regarding a proposed Heartland Parkway which would be a roughly parkway extending from the Polk Parkway to Southwest Florida near Ft. Myers.

Polk County is a county located in Southwest Missouri in the United States.

The Stockton tornado began in Vernon County, near Nevada, Missouri and moved eastward through Cedar and Polk counties before dissipating east of the Dallas County line.

Union Star is located at in the Polk township of DeKalb County, Missouri on the border with Andrew County, Missouri.

Aldrich is a village in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Fair Play is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Flemington is a village in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Halfway is a village in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Humansville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Morrisville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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Pleasant Hope is a city in Polk County, Missouri, United States.

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He ran for Governor of Missouri in 1856, but lost to Trusten Polk.

Negotiations between the U. S. and the British broke down, however, and tensions grew as American expansionists like U. S. Senator Edward A. Hannegan of Indiana, or Congressman Leonard Henly Sims, Missouri, which urged Polk to annex the entire Oregon Country north to the parallel 54 ° 40 ′ north, as the Democrats had called for in the election.

* Polk County, Missouri, named after Ezekiel Polk a colonel in the American Revolutionary War ( and Grandfather of James K. Polk )