Polk, James Knox

Life Span
to
Full name
James Knox Polk
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
0
Family
Samuel Polk (father), Jane Knox (mother), Sarah Childress (wife, 1824)
Education
University of North Carolina
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
President
Polk Administration (1845-49)
US House of Representatives
Governor
State legislature
How to Cite This Page: "Polk, James Knox," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6415.