Tennessee historical magazine [serial] . D 1875 OFFICERS President,JOHN H. DeWITT. Vice-Presidents, E. T. SANFORD, PARK MARSHALL, C. P. J. MOONEY, Mrs. B. D. BELL. Recording SecretaryA. P. FOSTER. Assistant Recording SecretaryHALLU1M W. GOODLOE. Corresponding SecretaryW. A. PROVINE. Treasurer,J. TYREE FAIN. FORM OF LEGACY / give and bequeath to The Tennessee Historical Societythe sum of dollars -l— CONTENTS PAGE Who is James K. Polk? 235 By Thomas Robson Hay. Governor Joseph Duncan of Illinois 243 By Elizabeth Duncan Putnam. The EcoNOMiq and Social Beginnings of Tennessee 251 By Albert C. Holt
Tennessee historical magazine [serial] . D 1875 OFFICERS President,JOHN H. DeWITT. Vice-Presidents, E. T. SANFORD, PARK MARSHALL, C. P. J. MOONEY, Mrs. B. D. BELL. Recording SecretaryA. P. FOSTER. Assistant Recording SecretaryHALLU1M W. GOODLOE. Corresponding SecretaryW. A. PROVINE. Treasurer,J. TYREE FAIN. FORM OF LEGACY / give and bequeath to The Tennessee Historical Societythe sum of dollars -l— CONTENTS PAGE Who is James K. Polk? 235 By Thomas Robson Hay. Governor Joseph Duncan of Illinois 243 By Elizabeth Duncan Putnam. The EcoNOMiq and Social Beginnings of Tennessee 251 By Albert C. Holt, PhD. Historical News and Notes 313 Items from the Minutes of the Tennessee Historical Society. COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION Dr. William A. Provine, Editor,Presbyterian Building, Nashville, Tenn. John H. DeWitt, , Business Manager,Stahlman Building, Nashville, Tenn. J. Tyree Fain, Treasurer,200 3rd Ave., N., Nashville, Tenn. Neither the Society nor the Editor assumes responsibility for thestatements or the opinions of James Knox Polk TENNESSEEHISTORICAL MAGAZINE Vol. 7 JANUARY, 1922 No. 4 WHO IS JAMES K. POLK? By Thomas Robson Hay James K. Polk, A Political Biography by Eugene Irving McCormac,, Professor of American History in the University of California,University of California Press, Berkeley, Cal., 1922. Who is James K. Polk? was the opposition cry someeighty years ago, just as Who is Harding? was, to a lesserextent, in our own day. In each case the nomination for thePresidency was fortuitous; in each case the nominee was adark horse; in each case the nominee owed his election tosponsoring a popular design. In the one case it was theannexation of Texas; in the other, opposition to the Leagueof Nations. Polks going was more difficult because he wasopposed by an able and personally popular opponent who hadlost ground because of his political agility and of his untimelyoppositon to a popular aspiration. In the other case election was due as
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