I continue my look at US Presidents for their leadership during their presidencies. Today, I consider James K. Polk, who was America’s 11 th President. While only serving one-term, his ...

President James K. Polk ignited the California Gold Rush when he confirmed the discovery of the precious metal in his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec. 5, 1848.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The Tennessee Senate passed a resolution Monday that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and moved to a fourth resting place. Polk and his wife ...

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 ...

Two former U.S. presidents, James K. Polk and Warren G. Harding, were born on November 2, the only date on the calendar to feature the birth of two presidents. Polk was born on this date in 1795 in ...