His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And ...

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate, laid out his foreign policy and domestic aims early, achieved them in one term and then declined to run again. Billed as the "Manifest Destiny ...

U.S. expansionist goals historically stem from the concept of “Manifest Destiny,” which some founding ... what are now three states. President James Polk won his 1844 election using the ...

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said the United States would be a nation that “expands its territory” and ...

(President James K Polk 1860 (Photo ... Might Trump do as Polk did and find a pretext to send U.S. forces into Mexico? One hundred and eighty years after Manifest Destiny had its vogue, Trump ...