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James K. Polk in 1844.Polk is known as the dark horse presidential candidate.
James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
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James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
James K. Polk was the dark horse candidate in the 1844 U. S. presidential election. He ended up winning, defeating Henry Clay.
Dark horse is a term used to describe a little-known person or thing that emerges to prominence, especially in a competition of some sort.It can be a political candidate who is nominated unexpectedly.Politically, the term reached United_Statesin the nineteenth century when it was first applied to James_K._Polk, a relatively unknown Tennessee Democrat who won the Democratic Party's 1844 presidential nomination over a host of better-known candidates.
1844
James K. Polk. He was seen as an expansionist candidate.
James Knox Polk won the presidential election of 1844 because he was the "candidate of expansion".
He was born at Bear Butte, in 1844.
Henry Clay
Henry clay