Object number: L/NPG.41.2006 Exhibition Label: Eleventh president, 1845–1849 The life and career of James K. Polk reflected the country’s westward shift. His path followed the frontier as he moved from his birthplace in North Carolina to Tennessee. Polk, like most Americans in the nineteenth century, favored westward expansion and believed that settlers were destined to move across North America. As president, he acquired more than a million square miles of territory for the United States, in part by fomenting the Mexican-American War. As one of the most consequential presidents in American history, the vast expansion of territory opened up the question of slavery’s future, an issue that sparked conflict during the period leading up to the Civil War. Driven and determined, Polk took office with a limited agenda, accomplished all of it, and left office, as he planned, after only one term.

Title: James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States / On stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, lith., Philada. Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph, color.

Title: James K. Polk Physical description: 1 print. Notes: This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.; Associated name on shelflist card: Duval, P.S.

Title: James K. Polk, President of the United States Abstract: Print shows James K. Polk, half-length portrait, facing front. Physical description: 1 print : lithograph, chine collé ; sheet 44.9 x 34.9 cm. Notes: Publication date based on copyright statement on item.; from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich 1845.; Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).; Title from item.

Title: James K. Polk. Freedom's champion Physical description: 1 print. Notes: This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.; Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.

Title: James K. Polk, President of the United States / from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich 1845. Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph, chine collé ; sheet 43.6 x 33.7 cm.

Title: James K. Polk: eleventh President of the United States Physical description: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. Notes: After a daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr.

Title: James K. Polk. Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. / from life & on stone by Chas. Fenderich ; printed by P.S. Duval, Lith., Philadelphia. Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph, chine collé ; sheet 42 x 32.8 cm.

Title: James Knox Polk. Elected President of the U. States. 1844 / Haas Lith. Washington City. Abstract/medium: 1 print : lithograph ; 43.4 x 32.4 cm (sheet)

Title: James K. Polk Physical description: 1 print. Notes: This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.; Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott