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- Term: March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Lawyer
- Education: University of North Carolina, 1818
- Religion: Presbyterian
- Born: November 2, 1795, North Carolina
- Died: June 15, 1849, Tennessee
- Nickname: "Young Hickory"
- Father: Samuel Polk
- Mother: Jane Knox Polk
- Married: Sarah Childress (1803-1891), on January 1, 1824
- Children: None
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