James K. Polk

== Term ==
* 11th President of the United States
* March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849 (49-53)
* Democratic
* Preceded by John Tyler
* Succeeded by Zachary Taylor
* 11th Governor of Tennessee
* October 14, 1839 - October 14, 1841 (43-45)
* Preceded by Newton Cannon
* Succeeded by James C. Jones
* 17th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
* December 7, 1835 - March 4, 1839 (40-43)
* Preceded by John Bell
* Succeeded by Robert M.T. Hunter
* Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
* March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1839 (29-43)
* Preceded by John Alexander Cocke
* Succeeded by Harvey Magee Watterson
== Life Data ==
* James Knox Polk
* Born November 2, 1795
* in Pineville, North Carolina
* Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (AB. 1818)
* Occupation: Lawyer, Farmer, Politician
* Died June 15, 1849 (53 years)
* in Nashville, Tennessee
== Military Service ==
Captain	Tennessee State Militia	1821-25
== Parents ==
Father	Samuel Polk 	July 5, 1772 	December 3, 1827 (55 years)	December 25, 1794 - December 3, 1827 (32 years)
Mother	Jane Gracey Knox	November 15, 1776	January 11, 1852 (75 years)	December 25, 1794 - December 3, 1827 (32 years)
== Siblings ==
1.	Jane Maria Polk 	January 14, 1798 	October 11, 1876 (78 years) 	m.1813 James Walker (1792-1864)	11 children
2.	Lydia Eliza Polk 	February 17, 1800	May 29, 1864 (64 years) 	
# m.1817 Silas Caldwell (1794-1846)
# m.1849 Edmond Richmond (1789-1854)	
# 5 children
3.	Franklin Ezekiel Polk 	August 23, 1802 	August 23, 1802 	January 21, 1831 (28 years) 	January 21, 1831 (28 years)
4.	Marshall Tate Polk 	January 17, 1805 	April 5, 1831 (26 years) 	m.1827 Laura Wilson (1808-48) 	2 children
5.	John Lee Polk 	March 23, 1807 	March 23, 1807 	September 28, 1831 (24 years) 	September 28, 1831 (24 years)
6.	Naomi Tate Polk 	July 2, 1809 	August 2, 1836 (27 years) 	m.1825 Adlai Harris (1798-1862)	5 children
7.	Ophelia Clarissa Polk 	September 6, 1812	April 18, 1851 (38 years) 	m.1829 John Hays (1794-1868) 	5 children
8.	William Hawkins Polk 	May 24, 1815 	December 16, 1862 (47 years)	
# m.1837 Belinda Dickinson (1816-44)
# m.1847 Mary Corse (1816-51)
# m.1854 Lucy Williams (1826-1906)	
# None
# 1 child
# 4 children
9.	Samuel Washington Polk	October 17, 1817 	October 17, 1817 	February 24, 1839 (21 years) 	February 24, 1839 (21 years)
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	Ezekiel Polk 	December 7, 1747	August 31, 1824 (76 years) 	1769 - August 31, 1824 (54-55 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Mary Jane Winslow Wilson	1746 	November 5, 1827 (80-81 years)	8 children
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	James Knox 	May 6, 1752 	October 10, 1794 (42 years) 	November 4, 1772 - October 10, 1794 (21 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Lydia Gillespie	August 2, 1753	February 18, 1828 (74 years)	5 children
== Marriage ==
Wife 	Sarah Childress
Birth 	September 4, 1803
Father 	Joel Childress (1777-1819)
Mother 	Elizabeth Whitsett (1780-1863)
Marriage	January 1, 1824 - June 15, 1849 (25 years)
Death 	August 14, 1891 (87 years)
== Vice President ==
George M. Dallas	1792-1864	1845-49	Pennsylvania
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	
# John C. Calhoun
# James Buchanan	
# 1782-1850
# 1791-1868	
# 1845
# 1845-49	
# South Carolina
# Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury	
# George M. Bibb
# Robert J. Walker	
# 1776-1859
# 1801-69	
# 1845
# 1845-49	
# Kentucky
# Mississippi
Secretary of War 	William L. Marcy	1786-1857	1845-49	New York
Attorney General 	
# John Y. Mason
# Nathan Clifford
# Isaac Toucey	
# 1799-1859
# 1803-81
# 1792-1869	
# 1845-46
# 1846-48
# 1848-49	
# Virginia
# Maine
# Connecticut
Secretary of the Navy 	
# George Bancroft
# John Y. Mason	
# 1800-91
# 1799-1859	
# 1845-46
# 1846-49	
# Massachusetts
# Virginia
Postmaster General 	Cave Johnson 	1793-1866	1845-49	Tennessee
== Chief Justice ==
5.	Roger B. Taney	1777-1864	1836-64 (28 years)	Maryland
== Associate Justices ==
1.	Joseph Story 	1779-1845	1812-45 (33 years)	Massachusetts
2.	John McLean 	1785-1861	1829-61 (32 years)	Ohio
3.	James M. Wayne 	1790-1867	1835-67 (32 years)	Virginia
4.	John Catron 	1786-1865	1837-65 (28 years)	Tennessee
5.	John McKinley 	1780-1852	1838-52 (14 years)	Alabama
6.	Peter V. Daniel 	1784-1860	1841-60 (19 years)	Virginia
7.	Samuel Nelson 	1792-1873	1845-72 (27 years)	New York
8.	Levi Woodbury 	1789-1851	1845-51 (6 years) 	New Hampshire
9.	Robert Cooper Grier	1794-1870	1846-70 (24 years)	Pennsylvania