Under Polk the US gained the states that became California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
California and the Southwest.
President Polk offered to buy New Mexico and California from Mexico.
June 1846
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Baja California is a federal state that is part of Mexico. It doesn't have a president per se, but a governor. Current Baja California governor is Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan (term: 2007-2013).
James Polk.
to take it fro mexico
James k Polk who was the 11th president of the united states from 1845 to 1849. in 1845 he offered up to 30 million pounds for California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln.
He reached Baja California during his explorations, and possibly is responsible of naming the Sea of Cortez (also known as Gulf of California).
In 1853, the US President Franklin Pierce and Mexico's ruler Santa Ana agreed to have the US purchase land from Mexico. The area was a small strip of land between the US and Mexico. The US idea was that a transcontinental railroad could run from New Orleans to California. The chief US negotiator was James Gadsden. The agreed price was $10 million.