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Sarah Polk, Ambitious First Lady
James K. Polk won the presidency in 1844. From 1845 to 1849, Mrs. Polk influenced her husband and the nation. She continued to do so unitl her death in 1891.
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First Lady Sarah Childress Polk
Sarah Polk enjoyed the political life and was a great help to her husband while he was in office, writing speeches, tending to correspondence and other matters.
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Polk by Walter R. Borneman
Walter Borneman has written an outstanding biography on the eleventh President of the United States, "Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America."
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
. . . taking off!!!!
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Abraham Lincoln's Opposition to the Mexican War
As a congressman, Abraham Lincoln was very unpopular. The main reason for this is that he strongly opposed the Mexican War, a popular conflict.
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Sarah Childress Polk
Most nineteenth-century first ladies were not known for their personal accomplishments. This was not the case with Sarah Polk, who served as her husband's advisor.
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The Politics of James K. Polk
James K. Polk entered the office of the President as heir apparent to Andrew Jackson's Democratic party after the miserable failure of the Whigs under William Henry Harri
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