In 1846, the plains of Illinois fueled dreams. With rich soils and prairie grasses taller than a horse’s head, it attracted ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming the 11th president - Polk began his career in politics in the Tennessee legislature. In 1825 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson detailed how President Donald Trump shook him down for a portrait of President James Polk during a ...

For one thing, James K. Polk proved a president can be both a big-picture visionary and an effective manager. Elected as a Democrat from Tennessee, Polk has long been characterized as a dark horse.

In 1844, James K. Polk became the first dark horse candidate to win the presidency, beating Henry Clay. Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed ...

Polk became the first president to step down voluntarily after one term after pledging only to serve four years following his 1844 election victory. His election to the presidency was a remarkable ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump wants to take America ... He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many ...

James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other ...

President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek ... including Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, James Polk, James Buchanan, Rutherford Hayes, and Theodore Roosevelt, to name a few, Biden is the only ...