He promised to acquire Texas, California, and Oregon; to fix the federal treasury; and to only serve one term.
Polk ran and was elected in 1844.
Polk was active in Tennessee politics when he ran for President.
Henry Clay.
I could find no evidence that President Polk ran for president a second time or even sought the Democratic Party Nomination a second time.
Polk ran against whig Henry Clay. Polk's predecessor, John Tyler, was a whig and became extremely unpopular before the 1844 election.. basically, Americans were mad at the whig party and didn't want to elect Clay.
In 1844 James Polk (Jacksonsonian Democrat) defeated Henry Clay (Whig) for the US presidency. A third party candidate, James Birney, also ran and received about 2% of the popular vote and no electoral votes.
Polk served his entire term but Zachary Taylor came after him. Polk never ran for re-elcetion
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There have been three Presidents from Tennessee.Andrew Jackson (7th US President) was likely born in the Carolinas, but represented Tennessee as US Senator before being elected President in 1829.James K. Polk (11th US President)- Although born in North Carolina, he lived in Tennessee and was its Governor from 1839 to 1841. Polk became President in 1845.Andrew Johnson (17th US President) , born in NC but living his entire adult life in TN, was a Southern Democrat who ran under the National Union party with Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and succeeded to the Presidency upon Lincoln's death in 1865..
James Polk retired after one term having accomplished all that he set out to do. Hayes announced when he ran that he would serve only one term.
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