President James Knox Polk Timeline
 

James Knox Polk Timeline

James Polk Timeline
Short Biography of President James Knox Polk
Lifespan: 1795 - 1849
Born on November 2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
James Polk died on June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee
Eleventh President of America - His term in office was from 1845 to 1849
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Why was James Knox Polk famous?
James Knox Polk was famous as the eleventh President of the United States of America and for his policy of expansion which added Texas, California and other territory to the U.S. The next US President was Zachary Taylor.

  1795Born on November 2, 1795 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Educated at the University of North Carolina		 
     
  1811Battle of Tippecanoe 
     
  1812The War of 1812 which has also been called the second War for Independence, between the United States and Great Britain 
     
  1814Treaty of Fort Jackson ends Creek War 
     
  1823Member of Tennessee House of Representatives, 1823-25 
     
  1824James Polk was married to Sarah Childress Polk in 1824   
     
  1825-39Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1825-39 
     
  1830Indian Removal Act
Oregon Trail opens		 
     
  1832Black Hawk War
Seminole War begins
Department of Indian Affairs established		 
     
  1835Texas War for Independence begins 
     
  1835-39 Speaker of the House, 1835-39 
     
  1837Battle of the Alamo 
     
  18381838-1839: The Trail of Tears 
     
  1839-41Governor of Tennessee, 1839-41 
     
  1842The Second Seminole War ended (1842) 
     
  1845His term in office was from 1845 to 1849
He also enlarged the Monroe Doctrine.		 
     
  1846Mexican-American War begins
1846 acquisition of California
1846 Oregon Treaty
1846 the reduction of the tariff
1846 establishment of the independent treasury.		 
     
  1848Gold discovered in California
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War		 
     
  1849James Polk died of cholera on June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was buried in a tomb on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. 
     
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