“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 of our country’s most consequential ...

A few months after leaving office in 1849, President James K. Polk died at the Nashville mansion that he called Polk Place. Because the 11th president came down with a lethal bout of cholera, his body ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Wednesday, a historical marker was unveiled at the site of the former home of President James K. Polk. Polk and his wife occupied the home when he was elected to serve as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just up the street from the James K. Polk Home and Museum in Columbia, Polk and wife Sarah Childress Polk lived in a house for ...