In 1846, the plains of Illinois fueled dreams. With rich soils and prairie grasses taller than a horse’s head, it attracted ...

It was never James ... James K. Polk, a man who was underestimated at every turn, achieved remarkable success during his time in office and became the first president to drop the mic after just ...

(President James K Polk 1860 (Photo by ... Both in the sense of being at the end—he’d be dead three months after leaving office—but also in the sense of completion. He had spent his fury ...

“Who is James K. Polk ... over the annexation of Texas, Polk rode a white horse out of the chaos. Scholarly Polk was a stickler for detail all his life. As a young attorney in Nashville ...

James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming ... elected to the Tennessee Governor’s office. In 1844, Polk was the leading candidate for Vice ...