Mitt Romney's campaign manager Matt Rhoades sent reporters aGoogling in August when he suggested that his candidate's presidential role-model might be James K ... member of Polk's cabinet ...

James K. Polk was the nation's 11th president ... The possibility of another move has many family members distraught. "Every step they take is one step toward grave robbery,” said Teresa ...

President James K. Polk did ... outside the family and was then demolished in 1901.) While he is often overshadowed in the history books by fellow Tennessean Andrew Jackson, Polk, a former ...

But all three agree on one thing: James K. Polk. “In four short years ... “the only surviving member of Polk’s cabinet,” to bolster history’s view of the Polk presidency.

Three buried African-Americans at Nashville City Cemetery, two who were slaves of the 11th U.S. President James K ... Elias Polk was born into slavery with the Polk family and at age 18 was ...

The state Senate voted 20-6 in favor of a resolution that would allow the body of former president James ... from family members. Teresa Elam, a 7th generation niece of President Polk, has fought ...

A few months after leaving office in 1849, President James K ... body to the Polk Place grounds, in keeping with the will he wrote before he died. Despite that will, the Polk family sold ...

My husband Andy and I learned these fascinating facts a month ago during a visit to the James K ... Sarah Polk envisioned as his memorial, was demolished in 1901 after dozens of family members ...

During the ceremony, Scates and Sarah Elizabeth Hickman-Mcleod, James K. Polk Association board member, laid a wreath on Polk’s tomb. Polk was the 11th president of the United States from 1845 ...

James K. Polk’s final night as president of the United States was an all-nighter. "The 11th President had spent the previous evening with Congress trying to pass some final appropriation bills ...