Polk was active in Tennessee politics when he ran for President.
James Buchanan.
He was first buried at his home estate of Polk Place in Nashville, Tennessee. Later his body was moved to a tomb on the grounds of the state capitol in Nashville.
Of the three U. S. Presidents whose home state was Tennessee, the second was James K. Polk.
Polk is buried in a tomb on the grounds of Tennessee State Capitol Building in Nashville, Tennessee. His wife, Sarah Childress Polk, survived the President by 42 years. Both were originaly buried in the yard of their Nashville home but were moved when the house was torn down.
James K. Polk died in the state of Tennessee, at his home in Nashville.
Tenessee
There were 27 states when Polk took office as president. (Florida became a state the day before Polk took office but after he was elected.) Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin joined the union while Polk was President, so there were 30 states when he left office,
North Carolina has not been any U.S. President's home state to date, but James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson were born there.
No US president went to NC State. James Polk graduated from the University of North Carolina.
James K. Polk is the president buried on state capital grounds in Nashville.
James Knox Polk