Who is James K. Polk?” his opponents in the 1844 presidential election mockingly asked. Two centuries later, the question is ...

In 1844, James K. Polk became the first dark horse candidate to win the presidency, beating Henry Clay. Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed ...

James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other ...

Sharon Phox, a third-grade teacher at James K. Polk Elementary School, was named the Virginia Region Four Teacher of the Year ...

In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that ... Americans had tremendous success on the battlefield. Young officers like Grant and Robert E. Lee, who would later lead ...

In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that ... Americans had tremendous success on the battlefield. Young officers like Grant and Robert E. Lee, who would later lead ...