Today, I consider James K. Polk, who was America’s 11 th President. While only serving one-term, ... However, Polk’s background demonstrated a firm grounding in the American experience.

Presidents ranked from worst to best 46 photos. NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The Tennessee Senate passed a resolution Monday that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The body of former president James K. Polk has been moved three times since he died of cholera in 1849, and now an effort to move it again has taken on a life of its own in ...

Few American elections were as pivotal as the one in 1844. When James K. Polk beat Martin Van Buren for the Democratic nomination, the party's libertarian-leaning anti-slavery wing had to take a ...