Polk, James Knox 1a

Birth Name Polk, James Knox
Gramps ID I1671
Gender male
Age at Death 53 years, 7 months, 13 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E0609] 1795-11-02 Pineville, (Mecklenburg Co.) North Carolina  
Event Note

near a place called "Little Sugar Creek"

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Death [E0610] 1849-06-15 Nashville, (Davidson Co.), Tennessee  
Event Note

President Polk died just a few weeks after leaving office.

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Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Polk, Samuel [I1690]1827
Mother Knox, Jane Gracy [I1775]1776-11-131852-01-11
         Polk, James Knox [I1671] 1795-11-02 1849-06-15
    Sister     Polk, Jane Maria [I1779] 1798-01-14
    Brother     Polk, William [I1806]

Families

    Family of Polk, James Knox and Childress, Sarah [F0613]
Married Wife Childress, Sarah [I1691] ( * 1803-09-04 + 1891-08-14 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E7642] 1824-01-01 Columbia, Tennessee  
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Narrative

James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States (1845-49),under whose leadership the country fought a victorious war with Mexicoand greatly increased its territory by annexing Texas and all the landwest of the Rocky Mountains. His mother was a descendant of the famousScottish religious reformer John Knox. When he was 11 years old, Polkand his family moved to Tennessee, the state in which he achievedprominence. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, hedeveloped a lucrative law practice in the Nashville, Tennessee, area.His career received a strong boost when he married the sociallyprominent Sarah Childress. An ardent supporter of President AndrewJackson, Polk rose steadily within the ranks of the Democratic partyof Tennessee. He served two years in the state legislature and then,between 1825 and 1839, in the U.S. House of Representatives. He wasSpeaker of the House during the last four years of his congressionalterm.

Pedigree

  1. Polk, Samuel [I1690]
    1. Knox, Jane Gracy [I1775]
      1. Polk, James Knox
        1. Childress, Sarah [I1691]
      2. Polk, Jane Maria [I1779]
      3. Polk, William [I1806]

Ancestors

Source References

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      • Page: "Polk, James Knox," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall'sCorporation.
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  2. Broderbund Software, Inc.: CD-ROM World Family Tree, Volume 2, pre-1600 to present [S0039]
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