Yes. He was noted as a skiiled debater and speaker in college and became Speaker of the House.

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University of North Carolina (grad 1818)

Andrew Jackson (aka Old Hickory) was considered to be Polk's mentor . In fact Polk was sometimes called Young Hickory because of the association.

They both wanted western expansion. And with his platform each of them would gain a state accordingly, Oregon would become a non-slave state and Texas would become a slave state.

As Commander in Chief, he sent armed forced into territory claimed by both the U.S and Mexico.

He never finished his memoirs, but I do not think he had any serious regrets about his time in office.

Jane Marie Polk was born January 14, 1798 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina and died October 11, 1876 in Columbia, Tennessee.

No, he never did because the white house was burned down in the war of 1812 by the british. The white house was rebuilt and enlargened, but that process was completed in 1901, almost a hundred years after it was burned down.

It's a presidential dollar from 2009, and it's worth exactly one US dollar.

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President James Polk was a democrat and an expansionist, meaning he believed in the expansion of the American border. in fact, one of Polk's slogans was "54 40' or fight", meaning that he would fight in order to get the American Northwestern border extended too the 54 40' latitude. he also wanted the immediate annexation of Texas. Polk also supported and signed the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain, peacefully giving the US Oregon, Washington. and parts of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Additionally, he, unlike much of America, supported the Mexican-American war. Since Polk was a Democrat, and Democrats had a lot of supporters in the South, President Polk was pretty much guaranteed to support slavery as well.

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James P. Polk won the election in 1884 partly due to his support in the annexation of Texas.

Polk was a successful president. He made promises that were fufilled when he left office.

1. He acqurried California frim Mexico.

2. He lowered tariffs.

3. He settled the Oregan dispute.

Nothing. When he couldn't handle being the president anymore he shot himself.

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the lands that president Polk added to his union was the republic of Texas, and half the Oregon country

California and the Southwest.

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He decided not to run for a second term and so left office because his term was up.

The Mexican War took place while Polk was President. Polk asked Congress for a declaration of war with Mexico so you might say he started it. Polk also ended the war.

The area that had its border set at the 49th parallel by President Polk and Britain in 1849 is Oregon.

Yes James K Polk wanted Texas to be annex,but people in the north is saying that they did not want another slave state.He was going against a guy who did not want to annex Texas.He won the election

James Knox Polk won the presidential election of 1844 because he was the "candidate of expansion".