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James Knox Polk

noun

11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849). Synonyms: James K. Polk, James Polk, Polk, President Polk.

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... 5. In 1844, James Knox Polk, of Tennessee, who was a native of North Carolina and a graduate of our University, was elected President of the United States. During his administration the United States and the neighboring Republic of Mexico went to war. The boundary line between Texas ...

— School History of North Carolina • John W. Moore

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