JAMES K. POLK

BIOGRAPHY

• Name/Nickname : James Knox Polk or "Young Hickory". Birth : November 2, 1795 at Mecklenbury County, North Carolina. Education : He graducated from University of North Carolina in 1818. Death : June 15 , 1849 at Nashville, Tennessee.

PRE-PRESIDENT

• He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for two years.
• He served 14 years in the U.S House of Representatives from Tennessee's Sixth District.
• Polk was a speaker of the House.
• Polk was elected to be the governor of Tennessee.

PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN PROMISES

• He reduce tariffs ( attacks on imports or exports).
• He would settle the Oregon question.
• He will buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.
• He wanted to establish a subtreasury.
• He promised to retire the office after 4 years or one term.

CAMPAIGN ISSUES

• Territorial expanison
• Slavery
• Banking
• Tariff ( a tax or duty to be paid ).
• Not an imaginative statesman
• Not a healthy youth which weaken his body and mind.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENCY

• July 1845: New York Jacksonian Democrat and John L. O'Sullivan accuses opponents of Texas annexation.
• May 13, 1846: Congress declares war on Mexico.
• June 15, 1846: The Oregon Treaty suggests the border between British and American is at the line 49th parallel.
• July 29, 1846: Congress passes the Tariff of 1846.

Post Office Accomplishments

The presidency left him in poor health and 3 months later he died from exhaustion on June 15 at age 53.

WORKS CITED

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WORKS CITED CONTINUED

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WORK CITED CONTINUED

• Vermilya, Daniel. "James's K. Polk: Presidency, Facts & Accomplishments." Study.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 June 2015.