Just up the street from the James K. Polk Home and Museum in Columbia, Polk and wife Sarah Childress Polk lived in a house ...

Who is James K. Polk?” the Nashville Republican Banner asked in a headline after news of Polk’s nomination as the 1844 ...

James Polk may not exactly be a household name, but for many in his home state of Tennessee, the nation’s 11th president is still regarded as a hero worthy of national recognition. James Polk may not ...

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, ...

In seeking timeless lessons in the story of President James Polk and his Mexican War, we might best begin by noting that few presidents have been dogged through history by the controversies and ...

• James Knox Polk was born in North Carolina and at age 10 moved with his family to Tennessee. The journey to the frontier was hard for him, and he suffered from illness for most of his youth. • Polk ...

To their shock, many American-history readers who loved biographies of Adams, Lincoln, or Jackson will find among their 2009 holiday gifts a biography of—there's no disguising it—James K. Polk. If ...

When Republicans mention former presidents they admire, they usually pick guys like Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and maybe even Calvin Coolidge. But apparently, Mitt Romney wants ...