James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy.

James Knox Polk (Pineville, Carolina del Norte; 2 de noviembre de 1795-Nashville, Tennessee; 15 de junio de 1849) fue el undécimo presidente de los Estados Unidos (1845-1849). Polk nació en Mecklenburg County, Carolina del Norte. [1] Tiempo después vivió y representó al estado de Tennessee. Como demócrata, Polk sirvió como el décimo tercero Presidente de la Cámara de …

James Knox Polk, né le 2 novembre 1795 à Pineville en Caroline du Nord et mort le 15 juin 1849 à Nashville dans le Tennessee, est un homme d'État américain, onzième président des États-Unis de 1845 à 1849. Il fut également président de la Chambre des représentants de 1835 à 1839 et gouverneur du Tennessee de 1839 à 1841. Membre du Parti démocrate, il était un protégé …

James Buchanan, Jr. (Mecersburg, Pensilvania, 23 de abril de 1791 – Lancaster, Pensilvania, 1 de junio de 1868) fue un abogado, diplomático y político estadounidense que se desempeñó como el décimo quinto presidente de los Estados Unidos de 1857 a 1861. Fue el único presidente que nunca se casó y el único ciudadano de Pensilvania elegido presidente, hasta la elección …

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (/ ˈ k r oʊ b ər l ə ˈ ɡ w ɪ n /; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. She was first published in 1959, and her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over ...

Polk Home, Columbia, Tennessee, sole surviving residence of U.S. President James K. Polk; Polk Hotel, an historic hotel in Haines City, Florida; Military. Camp Polk (Oregon), a former military installation; Fort Polk, a United States Army base in Leesville, Louisiana;

James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881.. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State, first in …

George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829, the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, and the United States Minister to the United Kingdom from 1856 to 1861.. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended …

Manifest destiny was a cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America.. There were three basic tenets to the concept: The special virtues of the American people and their institutions; The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the West in the image of the agrarian East; An irresistible destiny to …

Douglas K. Polk (born December 16, 1988) is an American professional poker player. Polk played under the alias WCGRider, specializing in heads-up No Limit hold'em (HUNL). Early life. Polk was born in Pasadena, California, and has loved strategy games ever since he was five, when his father taught him chess. His family moved from California to ...