Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

President James K. Polk has returned to the White House ... world history,” historian Hampton Sides, who wrote about Polk in his book “Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West ...

Born: November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina... James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate, laid out his foreign policy and domestic aims early, achieved them in one term ...

In 1844, James K. Polk became the first dark horse candidate to win the presidency, beating Henry Clay. Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed ...