Sometimes, a compromise candidate can prove to be the best candidate. President James K. Polk is a case in point.

The James K. Polk Ancestral Home, also known as James K. Polk Home State Historic Site, is a historic house museum at 301 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee. Built in 1816, it is the only ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming the 11th president - Polk began his career in politics in the Tennessee legislature.

Object Details Artist George Peter Alexander Healy, 15 Jul 1813 - 24 Jun 1894 Sitter James Knox Polk, 2 Nov 1795 - 15 Jun 1849 Exhibition Label Eleventh president, 1845–1849 The life and career of ...

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 ...

Which is why the day he received a land patent signed by President James Polk must have been a joyful one for George Cary of DuPage County. The 40 acres was his. Nobody else could lay claim to it.