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    James Knox Polk (/poʊk/; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the...
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    Samuel Polk (July 5, 1772 – December 3, 1827) was an American surveyor and the father of U.S. President James Knox Polk. His slaves included Elias Polk. Samuel...
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  • Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: Polk County...
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  • Ezekiel Polk (December 7, 1747 – August 31, 1824) was American soldier, pioneer and the paternal grandfather of President James Knox Polk. Ezekiel Polk was...
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    The presidency of James K. Polk began on March 4, 1845, when James K. Polk was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1849...
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    James Knox Polk Hall (September 30, 1844 – January 5, 1915) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. James K. P...
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    bicycle travel within at least a mile in either direction. Polk Street is named for James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) the 11th President of...
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    county seat is Dallas. The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk County is part of the Salem, OR Metropolitan...
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    Polk County (/poʊk/) is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census, and estimated...
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    Polk Place was the home of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk, originally on Vine Street in Nashville...
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    state. The city is home to one of the last two surviving residences of James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States; the other is the White House...
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  • British MP for Whitechapel and St Georges James Knox Polk Hall (1844–1915), American politician James Hall (Cambridgeshire cricketer) (fl. 1820s–1830s)...
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  • Walker, who was appointed Secretary of the Treasury under President James Knox Polk. George Mifflin Bache (1811–1846), whose son was George Mifflin Bache...
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    1857 John Quincy Adams, 1858 Martin Van Buren, 1858 James Knox Polk, 1858 Franklin Pierce, 1858 James Buchanan, 1859 Dr. William Grosvenor, 1859 Sallie...
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    The county was named for the 11th president of the United States, James Knox Polk, who signed the congressional act that organized the Minnesota Territory...
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    the reservation. The tribe reports 1100 enrolled members. Polk County, named for James Knox Polk of Tennessee, President of the United States, was created...
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  • JKP may refer to: James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States Jessica Kingsley Publishers, a book publisher Jammu and Kashmir Police Jharkhand...
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    county, itself named after James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States. The exact coordinates for the City of Polk City is located at 28°10′49″N...
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    houses there is a museum with a short film on the life and times of James Knox Polk along with period clothes and other artifacts of the area and era....
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    in Brentwood, California, the daughter of Alice Polk Kegley, a descendant of President James Knox Polk and former Ziegfeld Girl, and Carl S. Kegley, a...
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  • United States List of Confederate monuments and memorials "James Madison Statues - James Madison University". www.presidentsusa.net. Retrieved June 28...
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    – via Newspapers.com. "Iron Industry". Retrieved March 17, 2020. "James Knox Polk". American President: A Reference Resource. Miller Center, University...
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    and Julia Gardiner Tyler. McGraw-Hill. p. 109. "American President: James Knox Polk: Family Life". University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs...
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    Dobson, is named for him. William Polk Dobson was a close friend and staunch supporter of President James Knox Polk. Polk died in Rockford, Surry County...
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    George Mifflin Dallas, of Pennsylvania. He served under President James Knox Polk, for whom the new county to the west had been named. The Dallas area...
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    April 25, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2010. Polk, James (March 4, 1845). "Inaugural Address of James Knox Polk". avalon.law.yale.edu. The Avalon Project...
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    James Knox Polk Laffoon (October 24, 1844 – October 22, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Madisonville, Kentucky, Laffoon attended...
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  • 2003, p. 247. Kallenbach 1977, p. 557. Sobel 1978, pp. 1472–1473. "James Knox Polk". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 5, 2023. Tennessee...
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    Indians. 789,698 435 sq mi (1,127 km2) Polk County 053 Dallas 1845 Yamhill District Named in honor of James Knox Polk (1795–1849), President of the United...
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    Hungarian army defeats Anton Puchner. February 14 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph...
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