Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . and again in 1843 with a similar result. Mr. Polk remained in private life until the 29th of May, 1844, when hereceived the nomination of the democratic national convention for president, towhich office he was elected the following fall, and was inaugurated on the 4thof March, 1845. The prominent measures of his administration were th
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . and again in 1843 with a similar result. Mr. Polk remained in private life until the 29th of May, 1844, when hereceived the nomination of the democratic national convention for president, towhich office he was elected the following fall, and was inaugurated on the 4thof March, 1845. The prominent measures of his administration were theMexican war, the settlement of the Oregon boundary question, the establish-ment of the independent treasury, and the reduction of the tariff. On the accession of Gen. Taylor to the presidential chair in 1849, Mr. Polkretired to his residence at Nashville, Tennessee, where, in June following, hewas attacked with the chronic diarrhoea, which terminated his life on the 15thof that month, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Polk, by his amiabilityof character and the purity of his morals, secured the esteem of all that knewhim in private life, and his public career was marked by amenities of mannersthat commanded the respect of his political Residence of Jamei K. Polk, Nashville, Teen. 588 MILLAKD F1LLMORE.
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