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An Interview With James K Polk
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Author : Ruth Smalley
language : en
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Release Date : 2002-04
An Interview With James K Polk written by Ruth Smalley and has been published by The Overmountain Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With a unique style, this book explores the life and accomplishments of James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Raised in Tennessee, Polk became a lawyer by trade and a politician by the will of the people. Success in state politics led to a job as one of Tennessee’s representatives in Congress, where he continued to lobby for the interests of the “common man.” In 1844 he was unanimously nominated, and subsequently elected, to be the chief executive of the nation. Though he served only one term as president, in that time he brought Texas, most of the Southwest, California, and the Oregon Territory into the nation, to make our country what it is today—the United States of America, from sea to shining sea.
Polk
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Author : Walter R. Borneman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-04-14
Polk written by Walter R. Borneman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for and won tariff reductions, reestablished an independent Treasury, and, most notably, brought Texas into the Union, bluffed Great Britain out of the lion’s share of Oregon, and wrested California and much of the Southwest from Mexico. On reflection, these successes seem even more impressive, given the contentious political environment of the time. In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk’s life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led, and we are reminded anew of the true meaning of presidential accomplishment and resolve.
James K Polk
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Author : BreAnn Rumsch
language : en
Publisher: ABDO
Release Date : 2020-08-01
James K Polk written by BreAnn Rumsch and has been published by ABDO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This biography introduces readers to James K. Polk including his early political career and key events from Polk's administration, including the Oregon Treaty, the Mexican War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
A Country Of Vast Designs
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Author : Robert W. Merry
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-11-02
A Country Of Vast Designs written by Robert W. Merry and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Explores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln opposed.
James K Polk A Political Biography
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Author : Eugene Irving McCormac
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
James K Polk A Political Biography written by Eugene Irving McCormac and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with categories.
James K Polk
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Author : John Seigenthaler
language : en
Publisher: Times Books
Release Date : 2014-03-11
James K Polk written by John Seigenthaler and has been published by Times Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. Considered a natural successor to Andrew Jackson, "Young Hickory" miraculously revived his floundering political career by riding a wave of public sentiment in favor of annexing the Republic of Texas to the Union. Shortly after his inauguration, he settled the disputed Oregon boundary and by 1846 had declared war on Mexico in hopes of annexing California. The considerably smaller American army never lost a battle. At home, however, Polk suffered a political firestorm of antiwar attacks from many fronts. Despite his tremendous accomplishments, he left office an extremely unpopular man, on whom stress had taken such a physical toll that he died within three months of departing Washington. Fellow Tennessean John Seigenthaler traces the life of this president who, as Truman noted, "said what he intended to do and did it."
James K Polk
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Author : Carol H. Behrman
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2004-10-01
James K Polk written by Carol H. Behrman and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the eleventh president, whose term in office saw many western states added to the United States.
Met His Every Goal
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Author : Tom Chaffin
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2014-12-31
Met His Every Goal written by Tom Chaffin and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Soon after winning the presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk slapped his thigh and predicted what would be the "four great measures" of his administration: the acquisition of some or all of the Oregon Country, the acquisition of California, a reduction in tariffs, and the establishment of a permanent independent treasury. Over the next four years, the Tennessee Democrat achieved all four goals. And those milestones—along with his purported enunciation of them—have come to define his presidency. Indeed, repeated ad infinitum in U.S. history textbooks, Polk's bold listing of goals has become U.S. political history’s equivalent of Babe Ruth’s called home run of the 1932 World Series, in which the slugger allegedly gestured toward the outfield and, on the next pitch, slammed a home run. But then again, as Tom Chaffin reveals in this lively tour de force of historiographic sleuthing, like Ruth's alleged "called shot" of 1932, the "four measures" anecdote hangs by the thinnest of evidentiary threads. Indeed, not until the late 1880s, four decades after Polk’s presidency, did the story first appear in print. In this eye-opening study, Tom Chaffin, author, historian, and, since 2008, editor of the multi-volume series Correspondence of James K. Polk, dispatches the thigh-slap anecdote and other misconceptions associated with Polk. In the process, Chaffin demonstrates how the "four measures" story has skewed our understanding of the 11th U.S. president. As president, Polk enlarged his nation's area by a third—thus rendering it truly a coast-to-coast continental nation-state. Indeed, the anecdote does not record, and effectively obscures complex events, including notable failures—such as Polk's botched effort to purchase Cuba, as well as his inability to shape the terms of California's and the New Mexico territory's admission into the Union. Cuba would never enter the federal Union; and those other tasks would be left for successor presidents. Indeed, debates over the future of slavery in the United States—debates accelerated by Polk's territorial gains—eventually produced perhaps the central irony of his legacy: A president devoted to national unity further sectionalized the nation’s politics, widening geopolitical fractures among the states that soon led to civil war. Engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, Met His Every Goal?—intended for general readers, students, and specialists—offers a primer on Polk and a revisionist view of much of the scholarship concerning him and his era. Drawing on published scholarship as well as contemporary documents—including heretofore unpublished materials—it presents a fresh portrait of an enigmatic autocrat. And in Chaffin's examination of an oft-repeated anecdote long accepted as fact, readers witness a case study in how historians use primary sources to explore—and in some cases, explode—received conceptions of the past.
Correspondence Of James K Polk 1846
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Author : James Knox Polk
language : en
Publisher: Utp Correspondence James Polk
Release Date : 1969
Correspondence Of James K Polk 1846 written by James Knox Polk and has been published by Utp Correspondence James Polk this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Vol. 13 Michael David Cohen, editor ; Bradley J. Nichols, editorial assistant.
James K Polk
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Author : Mark E. Byrnes
language : en
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2001-11-02
James K Polk written by Mark E. Byrnes and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This A–Z encyclopedia provides a detailed overview of America's 11th president and connects Polk's public and personal life to his historical significance. In 1844, James K. Polk was not a promising presidential nominee—he was not popular, charismatic, or even well known. But by the time he left office in 1849, he had acquired the enormous Oregon Territory by negotiation and had taken by force more than half of Mexico's territory, an area of about 500,000 square miles. Yet Polk's territorial successes inspired the rancorous debate over whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories—a debate that ended in civil war. Modern critics charge that Polk's actions toward Mexico were amoral if not immoral. In this comprehensive examination of Polk's life and career, our 11th president emerges as a complex man and a skillful politician who pursued power relentlessly.