Full Name: James Knox Polk
Party: Democratic Party
Primarily known for: Jacksonian policy, The Mexican-American War
D.O.B.: November 2, 1795
Birth state: North Carolina
State upon election: Tennessee
Previous career: Governor of Tennessee
Office start date: March 4, 1845
Office end date: March 4, 1849
Reason term ended: Declined to seek re-election; had promised to be a one-term president
Succession number: 11
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