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<p>"Who is James K. Polk?" was a rallying cry of the Whigs during the campaign of 1844. Polk answered that question adequately by winning the election against his Whig opponent, Henry Clay.</p> <p>Today the question might be recast—respectfully, not derisively—"Who was James K. Polk?" Few persons could give more than a perfunctory answer, even though when he left office the United States was half again larger than it was when he became president.</p> <p>Polk, unlike his close
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles A. McCoy
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press : University of Texas Press
- Published
- 1960
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292749672
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Executive Branch
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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