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James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849 (1795–1849)

12 dated entries naming James K. Polk, drawn from 7 separate years between 1795 CE and 1849 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as James Knox Polk in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1795November 2 – James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States (died 1849)source
  • 1795November 2 – James K. Polk, 11th president of the U.S. from 1845 to 1849 (died 1849)source

19th century

  • 1835December 7 – Future U.S. President James K. Polk becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.source
  • 1844December 4 – 1844 United States presidential election: James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay.source
  • 1844December 4 – 1844 United States presidential election: James K. Polk of Tennessee defeats Henry Clay of Kentucky.source
  • 1845December 2 – Manifest destiny: U.S. President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the Monroe Doctrine should be strictly enforced, and that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.source
  • 1846February 19 – Texas annexation: United States president James K. Polk's annexation of the Republic of Texas is finalized by Texas president Anson Jones in a formal ceremony of transfer of sovereignty. The newly formed Texas state government is officially installed in Austin.source
  • 1848January 31 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders. The verdict is set aside by U.S. President James K. Polk, but Frémont retires to California Territory.source
  • 1848August 14 – American President James K. Polk annexes the Oregon Country, and renames it the Oregon Territory as part of the United States.source
  • 1849February 14 – In New York City, James K. Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken.source
  • 1849February 14 – James Knox Polk becomes the first sitting president of the United States to have his photograph taken, in New York City.source
  • 1849June 15 – James Knox Polk, 53, 11th president of the United States (born 1795)source

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