President James K. Polk Historic Site

Historic site in Pineville, North Carolina

Location of President James K. Polk Historic Site in North Carolina

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President James K. Polk Historic Site (the United States)

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The President James K. Polk Historic Site is a museum and historic location in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and a historic site managed by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources' Historic Sites division. The property was the location of property owned by the parents of President James K. Polk, and exhibits at the historic site serve to tell the story of the President's political career, as well as provide a look into life in North Carolina in the early 19th century.^[1]

See also

• Presidential memorials in the United States

References

External links

• Media related to President James K. Polk Historic Site at Wikimedia Commons
• North Carolina State Historic Sites page

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James K. Polk

• 11th President of the United States (1845–1849)
• 9th Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841)
• 13th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1835–1839)
• U.S. Representative for TN–9 (1833–1839)
• U.S. Representative for TN–6 (1825–1833)

Life

• Bank War
• Specie Circular
• 1840 Democratic National Convention
• 1840 United States presidential election
• 1844 United States presidential election
• James K. Polk 1844 presidential campaign
• 1844 Democratic National Convention
• Dark horse
• Polk Place
• Tennessee State Capitol

Presidency

• Inauguration of James K. Polk
• Oregon boundary dispute
• Oregon Treaty
• Texas annexation
• Mexican–American War
• Thornton Affair
• All of Mexico Movement
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Walker tariff
• Rivers and Harbors Bill
• List of federal judges appointed by James K. Polk

Public image

• President James K. Polk Historic Site
• President James K. Polk Home & Museum
• List of memorials to James K. Polk

Family

• Sarah Childress Polk (wife)
• Ezekiel Polk (grandfather)
• Samuel Polk (father)
• William Hawkins Polk (brother)

• ← John Tyler
• Zachary Taylor →

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