11 - James K Polk

Some other sources for learning about our eleventh president available online include:

• President James K Polk State Historic Site [Polk’s birthplace] (State of North Carolina, NC Historic Sites)
• President James K Polk Home and Museum [Polk’s home in Columbia, TN] (James K Polk Memorial Foundation)
• The Miller Center’s guide to the life and presidency of James K Polk (University of Virginia)
• James K Polk: A Resource Guide (Library of Congress)
• Wikipedia article on James K Polk (not recommended for citation, just for quick reference)
• Presidential – James K Polk: Getting It Done (Washington Post)
• American Presidents: Totalus Rankium
  • James Polk Part 1
  • James Polk Part 2
• [Abridged] Presidential Histories – James K Polk (1845-1849)
• Civics & Coffee
  • Dark Horse? James Polk
  • Gatekeeper: Sarah Childress Polk
• FLOTUS Podcast – Sarah Childress Polk
•  C-SPAN
  • Life Portrait of James K Polk
  • First Ladies: Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore

Featured Image: “James K Polk” by George Peter Alexander Healy (c. 1858), courtesy of Wikipedia