5 Minute Biographies

James K. Polk, the 11th President of the United States, was born on 2 November 1795 in Pineville, North Carolina. He was the eldest of ten children born to Samuel Polk, a prosperous farmer and surveyor, and Jane Knox Polk. The Polk family was of Scottish-Irish descent and had settled in America during the colonial … The post James K. Polk appeared first on 5 Minute Biographies.