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James Knox Polk

(1795—1849) American Democratic statesman


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(1795–1849)

US Democratic statesman, 11th President of the USA (1845–49). His term of office resulted in major territorial additions to the USA: Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845, and the successful outcome of the conflict with Mexico resulted in the annexation of California and the south-west two years later.

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Polk, James Knox
in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 279 words
Polk, James Knox (1795–1849)
in The Oxford Companion to United States History Length: 710 words
Polk, James K (b. 2 November 1795)
in Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass Length: 613 words
Polk, James K. (1795–1849)
in The Oxford Companion to American Military History Length: 361 words

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