Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Fargo KVLY-TV. Countdown to 47: James K. Polk, ... President Polk in his push to acquire the Oregon Territory would also risk war with Great Britain.

James K. Polk may have served just one term, but he was one of history’s most consequential U.S. presidents. Polish up on Young Hickory, America's 11th Commander in Chief.

Billed as the "Manifest Destiny" candidate, Polk negotiated the Oregon territory to the north. ... 11th President James Knox Polk, 1846. Library of Congress. Terms: 1845-1849 ...

James K. Polk. James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. Before he became president, ... the Oregon Territory, ...

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.

It was never James K. Polk’s intention to run for president. A former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Polk had served a single two-year term as governor of Tennessee — then a ...

James K. Polk. One author notes, “Manifest Destiny touched the issues of religion, money, race, patriotism and morality. These clashed in the 1840s as a truly great drama of regional conflict.” ...

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president. Although he served only one term, he was one ...

President James K. Polk has returned to the White House as commentators find the thread of his themes in the man who brought him back -- President Donald Trump. For those who slept through history ...

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 ...

With the settlement of the Oregon dispute, manifest destiny’s aim of having the United States span from the Atlantic to the Pacific coastlines was fulfilled — but Polk wanted more.

James K. Polk. James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives and ninth governor of ...