What did James K. Polk do when he was a kid?

Answer 1

Polk was born on November 2, 1795. He was the first of ten children, and was born in a farmhouse in Pineville, North Carolina. During his childhood, he suffered from poor health, which negatively affected his schooling.

Answer 2

• When he was 10, his family moved by wagon over 500 miles from the relatively civilized North Carolina into the wild frontier of Tennessee.
• He suffered from gall stones as a child and survived surgery to remove them in an age when there was no anesthetic but liquor and no knowledge of how to prevent or cure infections.