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Polk declined to run for a second term.  He shortly afterwards retired at Polk Place, Nashville where he died on June 15, 1849.  He was the first President to be outlived by his mother.  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>

Polk declined to run for a second term.  He shortly afterwards retired at Polk Place, Nashville where he died on June 15, 1849.  He was the first President to be outlived by his mother.  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents James K. Polk]] by Dee Lillegard, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>

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