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1. Polk was a bishop in his church and, for some unfathomable reason, had the confidence of President Jefferson Davis and General Braxton Bragg.
2. Polk was committed to expansion: Democrats believed that opening up more land for yeoman farmers was critical for the success of republican virtue. (Web site)
3. Polk was brought up as a Jeffersonian Democrat, for his father and grandfather were strong supporters of Thomas Jefferson.
4. Gen. Polk was killed by a cannon ball, and Maj. (Web site)
5. James Polk is known for being a U.S president.

Tommy Polk

1. Tommy Polk finally had to surrender in 5th to Huck Seed's 9 7 when Polk made two pair. (Web site)

Polk County

1. Polk County, Tennessee, where Benton is located, is trying to raise money to create a Nancy Ward Museum. (Web site)

Division

1. Polk and bring up his division from its bivouac to the southwest. (Web site)

Jones

1. Polk lost his own gubernatorial re-election bid to a Whig, James C. Jones, in 1841.

Award

1. The R.L. Polk and Company has given this vehicle the award for the highest ownership loyalty in five consecutive years.

Reporting

1. In 1987, he was honored with the George Polk Award for his reporting, and he remains the sole sportswriter to receive the award since Red Smith in 1951.

Possible

1. He seems to have lost all respect for Mexican rights and is willing to be an instrument of Mr. Polk for pushing our boundary as far west as possible.
2. In fact, it is possible that Charles Peale Polk taught Johnson.

Biography

1. Seigenthaler is the author of a biography of President James K. Polk.

Columbus

1. His left flank was Polk in Columbus with 12,000 men. (Web site)
2. Columbus was then held by the Confederate forces under General Polk. (Web site)

City Hall

1. The recently restored City Hall, at Polk and Grove streets, is the visual center.

March

1. When he took office on March 4, 1845, Polk, at 49, became the youngest man at the time to assume the presidency. (Web site)

January 14

1. Aubrey replaced the fired Louis F. Polk, Jr., who had been MGM president only since January 14, 1969. (Web site)

State

1. Polk then manipulated Congress to recognizing a state of war. (Web site)
2. Leonidas Polk 's invasion of Kentucky enraged the citizens who previously had declared neutrality in the war, turning that state against the Confederacy.

Second Term

1. When Polk opposed him for a second term in 1843, Jones defeated him again.

Great Pride

1. We take great pride that your committee found our coverage worthy of a Polk, and we stand by our reporting.

President

1. March 4 Expansionist James K. Polk (49) becomes president of the US. One of the goals of his administration is acquire California and New Mexico from Mexico.

Entire Region

1. Meanwhile, many newspaper editors in the United States clamoured for Polk to claim the entire region as the Democrats had proposed in the 1844 campaign. (Web site)

James

1. James Polk -- from The American President From the PBS series The American President, this biography covers his early life, his presidency, and his legacy.
2. Eight years later, Congress passed an act establishing the Smithsonian Institution and the act was signed into law on August 10, 1846 by James Polk.
3. Seigenthaler is the author of a biography, James K. Polk, published by Times Books and released in January 2004.

Pillow

1. Gideon J. Pillow, an incompetent but a favorite of Polk, whose antagonism toward Scott was public knowledge, particularly after Cerro Gordo. (Web site)

Jefferson Davis

1. His friend and former roommate at West Point, Jefferson Davis, prevailed upon Polk to accept a commission in the Confederate States Army.
2. Hardee complained to Leonidas Polk and Jefferson Davis, but Pillow could not be controlled. (Web site)

Bragg

1. During the night, Bragg, on the advice of Polk and Hardee, decided to retreat to Tullahoma, 36 miles south. (Web site)
2. Bragg met with Leonidas Polk and some others and announced with no forewarning that he was reorganizing his army yet again.

Mexican War

1. In the Mexican War he was appointed brigadier general of Tennessee volunteers by his former law partner, President James K. Polk. (Web site)

Veracruz

1. Finally, in November, 1846, Scott was sent to command the movement on Veracruz and Mexico City, but Polk neither forgave nor forgot.
2. Polk had already sent a confidential order to Commodore David Conner, who on 16 August permitted Santa Anna to pass through the coast blockade to Veracruz. (Web site)

Texas

1. Texas was finally annexed when the expansionist James K. Polk won the election of 1844.

Rio Grande

1. In 1846, after Texas was admitted into the Union, Polk sent militia under General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande to protect Texas.
2. President James K. Polk thereupon named him commander of the Army of the Rio Grande and promoted him to brevet major general. (Web site)
3. General Zachary Taylor, at the same time, was having success on the Rio Grande, although Polk did not reinforce his troops there. (Web site)

Gen

1. Gen. Leonidas Polk to attack Crittenden's lead division, under Brig. (Web site)
2. Gen. Leonidas Polk occupied Columbus, considered key to controlling the Lower Mississippi, and two days later Union Brig.

Tennessee

1. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, but withdrew his army from the field to Tullahoma, Tennessee, after the urgings of corps commanders Hardee and Polk. (Web site)
2. Polk served in the Tennessee House from 1823 until 1825 during which time he supported Andrew Jackson's bid for the U.S. Senate seat from Tennessee.
3. After the conclusion of his term in office, James Polk purchased a home, renamed Polk Place, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Andrew Jackson

1. Prior to the convention, Polk was called to the home of Andrew Jackson, by Jackson himself.
2. He was a friend and supporter of Andrew Jackson, who helped Polk win election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1825. (Web site)
3. Polk became a supporter of Andrew Jackson, then the leading politician of Tennessee. (Web site)

Polk

1. Davis was unwilling to choose between Bragg and Polk, so he empowered Gen.
2. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden 's corps, but Polk ignored the orders and demanded more troops, insisting that it was he who was about to be attacked. (Web site)
3. James K. Polk offered[ 7] Davis a Federal commission as a brigadier general and command of a brigade of militia. (Web site)

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