President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical ... his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec. 5, 1848. "The accounts of abundance of gold are of such an ...

Polk was the last strong president before Lincoln ... troops on recently Mexican soil set off a war with Mexico. By 1848, Mexico was defeated and agreed to sell territory that included California ...

Something about the heavy, shiny metal has always attracted mankind. From our earliest history, the lure and acquisition of ...

Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K ... Major Acts: Congress declared war with Mexico in 1846. In 1848, Mexico ceded California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and parts ...

President Polk in his push to acquire the Oregon Territory ... chose not to seek re-election in 1848. Young Hickory left ...

Another election is in the books and none of the major presidential candidates made a stop here in the Coastal Bend. But it ...

Polk, the 11th U.S. president. The state historic site shares with visitors the early life of James K. Polk, the story of the enslaved on the Polk farm through recent research and the significant ...

The cornerstone was laid July 4, 1848, in a ceremony attended by 20,000 people with much fanfare, as Fox News previously reported. President James K. Polk, former first lady Dolley Madison ...

Republicans Scott Franklin, Daniel Webster and Laurel Lee, and Democrat Darren Soto had little trouble keeping their seats.

With his reelection, Donald Trump now joins Grover Cleveland as the only people to serve non-consecutive terms as president.