President james knox polk biography of williams

James Knox Polk, the eleventh U.S.

President, and one of the most highly acclaimed U.S. Presidents, was born in Mecklenburg, North Carolina to a family of ten.

James knox polk

Samuel, his father, was a farmer and slaveholder. His mother, Jane, descended from a brother of religious reformer, John Knox. James was named after his grandfather and like most of the early settlers who are of Scots-Irish descent in North Carolina, the Knoxes and Polks were Presbyterian.

His mother was a devotee of the Presbyterian beliefs, while his father rejected the dogmatic nature of the faith.

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