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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 lost both his home state, North Carolina, and his state of residence, Tennessee, the most recent successful presidential candidate to do so.
By 1844, the Whigs began their recovery by nominating Henry Clay, who lost to Democrat James K. Polk in a closely contested race, with Polk's policy of western expansion ( particularly the annexation of Texas ) and free trade triumphing over Clay's protectionism and caution over the Texas question.
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 ).
He ran for Governor of Missouri in 1856, but lost to Trusten Polk.
The journal supported Martin Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election ( he lost ) and James K. Polk in the 1844 election ( he won ).
Due to redistricting in 2012, Texas's 8th district lost its entire eastern half, with Orange, Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Hardin, Polk, and Liberty counties being removed from the district.
He ran again in 1826, and lost, this time to Federalist candidate, Charles Polk, Jr. With the realignment of parties that occurred following that election, Hazzard became an Adams-Clay supporter, much more in line with the majority in Delaware.

Polk and own
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 ".
In the United States House of Representatives, John Bell even challenged his own party member, James K. Polk, for his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives over the issue.
As six former Secretaries of State had gone on to be elected President in their own right and as only one Congressional leader, Speaker of the House James K. Polk, had done so to that time, the change was widely accepted.
* May 17, 1984: Des Moines, Iowa While students in a French class at Southeast Polk High School were taking a test in the hallway, a 17 year old boy shot and killed a 16 year old female student before firing a single shot into his own head, killing himself.
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.
However, after the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in April 1846 diverted U. S. attention and military resources, a compromise was reached in the ongoing negotiations in Washington, D. C., and the matter was settled by the Polk administration ( to the dismay of its own party's militant hardliners ) to avoid a two-war situation and the third war with the formidable military strength of Great Britain in less than 70 years.
The Polks had no children of their own, but raised a nephew, Marshall Tate Polk ( 1831 – 1884 ) as their personal ward.
After her husband's death, Mrs. Polk assumed guardianship of an orphaned niece, Sarah Polk Jetton ( 1847 – 1924 ), and raised the girl as her own.
( Willis Polk, a distinguished American architect in his own right, was said to have chafed under the strict instruction of Mrs. Carolan to execute Sanson's French plans faithfully, despite the fact that they were intended for a different climate and notated in the metric system.
Polk composed his own epitaph and left instructions that it be painted on durable wood " as there is no rock in this country fit for grave stones.
On November 10, 1845, Polk ordered General Taylor and his forces south to the Rio Grande, into disputed territory that Mexicans claimed as their own.
The central character of Stuck Rubber Baby is Toland Polk, a young white working class man who gradually comes to grips with his homosexuality while struggling with his own learned racism and that of his community.
The bar was started in 1970 at Broadway and Polk Streets by out-of-work veteran Norman Hobday, who by his own account " took the opium-den atmosphere out of the saloons " in favor of " antique lamps and Grandma's living-room furniture.

Polk and reelection
He did not run for reelection and was appointed by President James K. Polk in 1845 as surveyor general for Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.
President Polk did not seek reelection because he gained all his objectives in his first term and because his health was declining.

Polk and James
* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
* 1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
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.
* 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
* Polk, James.
"' Entangling Affiances with None ': John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, and the Impact of Conflicting Interpretations ," New England Journal of History, Fall 2009, Vol.
James Knox Polk ( " poke "; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849 ) was the 11th President of the United States ( 1845 – 1849 ).
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.
James K. Polk and Sarah Childress Polk.
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.
He was selected as one of six presidential electors for the 1844 presidential election and campaigned effectively throughout Mississippi for the Democratic candidate, James K. Polk
" On May 17, 1847, President James K. Polk offered Davis a Federal commission as a brigadier general and command of a brigade of militia.
On the night of May 9, 1846, Frémont received a courier, Lieutenant Archibald Gillespie, bringing messages from President James Polk.
Once in Washington, Carson delivered his messages to Secretary of State James Buchanan, and had meetings with Secretary of War William Marcy and President James Polk.
* 1846 – President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
James K. Polk received the nomination instead.
Van Buren outlived his four immediate successors as President ( William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor ).
* 1795 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States ( d. 1849 )
" The territory was not finally secured until England and Mexico gave up their claims to northern and southern portions, respectively, during the presidency of James Polk.
File: White House 1846. jpg | Earliest known photograph of the White House, taken c. 1846 by John Plumbe during the administration of James K. Polk.
* President James K. Polk ( United States )

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