A "Dark Horse" in Sunlight and Shadow
When Whig opponents chanted “Who is James K. Polk?” throughout the presidential election of 1844, it was more an attempt to infl...
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This center table featuring the Presidential Seal in Scagliola (an imitation marble inlay) was presented to President Polk by the consul of Tunisia in 1849. The French style side chair was purchased in New York in 1848 by the Polks for their home.
When Whig opponents chanted “Who is James K. Polk?” throughout the presidential election of 1844, it was more an attempt to infl...
Of her family’s role in the White House in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, Martha Johnson Patterson, da...
Elias Polk was born into slavery in 1806 on a farm owned by Samuel Polk, father of the future president of...
Did you know that after her husband's death, First Lady Dolley Madison was so poor that she had to accept...
As he left the White House in 1869, President Andrew Johnson supposedly exclaimed that he could “already smell the sweet mountain ai...
Designed to be lit in the way common to the world at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the President’s...
During the administrations of John Tyler, James Knox Polk and Zachary Taylor, guest performers entertained at the White House with...
Late in James K. Polk’s presidency, his wife Sarah Childress Polk received an unusual gift that implicitly equated expansionism wi...
They have been four years of incessant labour and anxiety and of great responsibility. I am heartily rejoiced that my...
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk. A fashion trendsetter, sh...
James Knox Polk was at home in Columbia, Tennessee, when he judged that it was about time to find out...
The presidency of James Knox Polk is underscored, among other things, by the War with Mexico. Amidst a military confrontation...