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| − | '''James Knox Polk''', considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents, was the 11th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He was elected in 1844 as a Democrat and served as president from 1845-1849. | + | '''James Knox Polk''', considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents, was the 11th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He lived from 1795 to 1849.<ref>[[Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1988. </ref> He was elected in 1844 as a Democrat and served as president from 1845-1849. |
Polk was an early pioneer of the [[Bush Doctrine]] of [[preventive war]], launching an invasion of [[Mexico]] to prevent an imminent Mexican attack on [[Texas]]. Unfortunately, Polk was unable to prevent several thousand Mexicans from entering the country and gaining citizenship when the United States annexed [[California]] and [[New Mexico]]. Polk has also been criticized for accepting a compromise settlement with [[England]] over the [[Oregon]] Country instead of pursuing a preventive war with [[Canada]] in order to gain all of it. | Polk was an early pioneer of the [[Bush Doctrine]] of [[preventive war]], launching an invasion of [[Mexico]] to prevent an imminent Mexican attack on [[Texas]]. Unfortunately, Polk was unable to prevent several thousand Mexicans from entering the country and gaining citizenship when the United States annexed [[California]] and [[New Mexico]]. Polk has also been criticized for accepting a compromise settlement with [[England]] over the [[Oregon]] Country instead of pursuing a preventive war with [[Canada]] in order to gain all of it. | ||
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James Knox Polk, considered by many to be one of the greatest American Presidents, was the 11th president of the United States. He lived from 1795 to 1849.[1] He was elected in 1844 as a Democrat and served as president from 1845-1849.
Polk was an early pioneer of the Bush Doctrine of preventive war, launching an invasion of Mexico to prevent an imminent Mexican attack on Texas. Unfortunately, Polk was unable to prevent several thousand Mexicans from entering the country and gaining citizenship when the United States annexed California and New Mexico. Polk has also been criticized for accepting a compromise settlement with England over the Oregon Country instead of pursuing a preventive war with Canada in order to gain all of it.
Polk declined to run for a second term. He shortly afterwards retired at Polk Place, Nashville where he died on June 15, 1949. He was the first President to be outlived by his mother. [2]
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1988.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1988.