Polk?” They’d soon have their answer as he went on to defeat Henry Clay in the election and become the 11th President of the United States. The original Dark Horse President soon went to work.

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice­President of the United States. [1.] Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a ...

Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, 1849-1850. Portrait by Joseph H. Bush ca. 1848. James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849. Portrait by George Peter ...