What is James K. Polk?
{{more footnotes|date=December 2020}} {{one source|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | birthname = James Knox Polk | image = George P.A. Healy - James Knox Polk - Google Art Project.jpg | office = [[List of Presidents of the United States|11th]] [[President of the United States]] | vicepresident = [[George M. Dallas|George Dallas]] | term_start = March 4, 1845 | term_end = March 4, 1849 | predecessor = [[John Tyler]] | successor = [[Zachary Taylor]] | order2 = 9th | office2 = Governor of Tennessee | term_start2 = October 14, 1839 | term_end2 = October 15, 1841 | predecessor2 = [[Newton Cannon]] | successor2 = [[James C. Jones|James Jones]] | order3 = [[List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives|17th]] | office3 = Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | president3 = [[Andrew Jackson]]<br>[[Martin Van Buren]] | term_start3 = December 7, 1835 | term_end3 = March 4, 1839 | predecessor3 = [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]] | successor3 = [[Robert M. T. Hunter|Robert Hunter]] | state4 = [[Tennessee]] | district4 = [[Tennessee's 9th congressional district|9th]] | term_start4 = March 4, 1833 | term_end4 = March 4, 1839 | predecessor4 = [[William Fitzgerald (Tennessee politician)|William Fitzgerald]] | successor4 = [[Harvey Magee Watterson|Harvey Watterson]] | state5 = [[Tennessee]] | district5 = [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district|6th]] | term_start5 = March 4, 1825 | term_end5 = March 4, 1833 | predecessor5 = [[John Alexander Cocke|John Cocke]] | successor5 = [[Balie Peyton]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1795|11|2}} | birth_place = [[Pineville, North Carolina]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1849|6|15|1795|