(1795–1849)

11th President of the United States

James Knox Polk was by far the strongest president between Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln and one of the strongest presidents ever. A poll of historians in 2000 ranked him 10th among U.S. chief executives—a ”neargreat” ...

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