James K. Polk's mom was a descendant of this man who founded Scottish Presbyterianism
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Scottish Americans - Wikipedia  Scottish Americans or Scots Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Scotland. Scottish Americans are closely related to Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots, ..... Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk were Scotch-Irish presidents and products of the frontier in the period of...
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United ... Like most early Scots-Irish settlers in the North Carolina mountains, the Knox and ... While Jane remained a devout Presbyterian her entire life, Samuel (whose father, Ezekiel Polk, was a deist) rejected dogmatic Presbyterianism.
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List of Americans of Irish descent - Wikipedia  This is a list of Americans of Irish descent, including both original immigrants who obtained ..... At least 22 presidents of the United States have some Irish ancestral origins, although the extent of this varies. ... Roman Catholic, and his mother had some Scots-Irish and Irish ancestry. James K. Polk also had Scots-Irish ancestry.
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James K. Polk: Life Before the PresidencyMiller Center  James K. Polk's Scots-Irish ancestors settled in the United States in the ... stern mother, Jane Knox Polk, who believed in raising her children according to the strict ... at a Presbyterian school outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Polk was quite ... It was a wise move for the young man, who by then had decided to use the law...
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US presidents of Scottish descent - Electric Scotland  THE third president of the United States and a founding father, Jefferson wrote the ... His Scottish ancestry came from his mother, Jane Randolph, and as a child, ... During his tenure, Jackson saw himself as the voice of the common man, a direct ... THE 11th president, James K Polk had a particularly strong Scottish heritage.
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United ... Polk is often considered the last strong preCivil War president, having met ... in Murfreesboro, where he may have met his future wife, Sarah Childress. ...... Polk's last words illustrate his devotion to his wife: "I love you, Sarah.
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United ... When Mexico rejected the U.S. annexation of Texas (which Mexico considered part of ... She named her firstborn after her father James Knox. .... A key aspect of Polk's strategy to become vice president was winning control of the...
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Great Scots: Robert Louis Stevenson - Turnbull Clan Association  Scottish author Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, ... The boy's nurse, Alison Cunningham, who he called Cummy, and who ... Later, in his book A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) he called this time in his life ... It wasn't long after these meetings that Robert became active in the literary life of London. He...
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Melville, Andrew (1545-1622) (DNB00) - Wikisource, the free online ...  Dec 28, 2012 ... MELVILLE or MELVILL, ANDREW (15451622), Scottish ... His father was killed at the battle of Pinkie, his mother died soon after, and he .... to be followed, and the ultimate shape of Scottish presbyterianism was a native growth. .... both by the puritan leaders Rainolds and Whitaker, and by men of letters.
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James K. Polk - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  James Polk (1795-1849) served as the 11th U.S. president from 1845 to 1849. During his tenure, America's territory grew by more than one-third and extended...
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James Polk for kids *** - American Symbols  James Knox Polk was named after his maternal grandfather, 'James Knox' who served as a militia captain during the American Revolutionary War. He had a...
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United ... True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term as President, Polk left office and returned to ... He died of cholera three months later. ... James Knox Polk, the first of ten children, was born on November 2, 1795 in a log house in...
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Sarah Polk Biography :: National First Ladies' Library  Here Sarah Childress would have received the basic instructions of reading, ... 1 January 1824, Rutherford County, Tennessee; married to James Knox Polk, .... When the president-elect's wife forbade a well-intentioned band of musicians from...
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Jeopary Questions page 2234 - POLK-ER - TriviaBistro.com  POLK-ER: A big Texas city bears the name of this man, Polk's vice president  "FULL" HOUSE: Jim Brown ... AUNTIE: Aunt Jemima pancake mixes & syrups are owned by this company named for a "friend"ly religion  DRAW: This drawbridge...
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (184549). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee.
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  The house where Polk spent his adult life before his presidency, in Columbia, Tennessee, is his only private residence still standing. It is now known as the James K. Polk Ancestral Home. James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United ... True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term as President, Polk left...
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James K. Polk - Wikipedia  James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795  June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United .... The surgery may have left Polk sterile, as he did not sire any children. .... However, in 1835, Polk defeated Bell in a re-match for the Speaker office. ...... 1846 (just two months after the outbreak of the MexicanAmerican War), aimed...
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James K. Polk | U.S. Presidents  Information, facts, and images on the 11th U.S. President James K. Polk. ... During the 1844 Democratic Convention, Polk was seen as a possible Vice Presidential candidate to ... He was seen as a compromise candidate who supported Texas annexation. ... A large wave of immigrants arrived in the U.S. during Polk's term.
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Jeopary Questions page 389 - SNAILS - TriviaBistro.com  RELIGION: President Polk's middle name indicates he was a descendant of this Scottish religious reformer  AMERICAN LITERATURE: Author of "A Heap o'...
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The U.S.-Mexican War . Prelude to War . James K. Polk (1845-1849 ...  James Knox Polk (1795-1849), 11th president of the United States, was elected in November, 1844, and held office ... In 1819, Polk assumed his first political post, that of clerk of the state senate, and ... Polk's election as speaker of the House of Representatives during his last two terms in Congress, from 1835 to 1839, was...