No, but he did support this matter.
Polk was a slaveholder who promised to bring Texas into the Union.
Polk was a slaveholder who promised to bring Texas into the Union
He was an Army officer, and later President of the U. S.
The "K" in James Polk's name stands for Knox
No. His full name is James Knox Polk.
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,
James Polk has written: 'World War II Letters and Notes of Colonel James H. Polk, 1944-1945' 'State Of The Union Addresses' 'The Gift of Love' 'Pathologies of Public America' 'Mr. & Mrs. Love and the Neighborhood Children' 'A Touch of Southern Love'
James Polk Did Nothing For Our Country
James K. Polk (term 1845-1849) was President of the United States during the Mexican-American War.
James K. Polk's mother was Jane Knox Polk.
There were at times several Union armies operating in the Eastern Theater of the US Civil War. The main one was the Army of the Potomac. Other Union armies in the east were the Army of the James, and the Army of Virginia.