This President ordered the gag rule on petitions from abolitionists.
This President ordered the gag rule on petitions from abolitionists. His administration established the Smithsonian and the Naval Academy and passed the pro-South Walker Tariff. During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln demanded this President show the exact location where American blood had been spilled. This former Speaker of the House was a "dark horse" who defeated Van Buren at the Democratic Convention and later Henry Clay in the Election of 1844 with the slogan "Fifty Four Forty or Fight." For 10 points, name this expansionist President who acquired part of the Oregon Territory and Texas after winning the Mexican-American War.
This President ordered the gag rule on petitions from abolitionists.
James K. Polk