Daily question · hard
Pineville
Show the answer
United States
💡 James Knox Polk was born on 2 November 1795 near Pineville and grew up to become a protégé of Andrew Jackson within the Democratic Party. As the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, he oversaw the annexation of Texas and the war with Mexico that followed, expanding American territory to the Pacific Ocean. His presidency also settled the dispute with the United Kingdom over the Oregon Territory, fixing the present U.S.-Canadian border.