James Knox Polk in the United States
Polk, James Knox (1795_1849)
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 526 POLK, JAMES KNOX (1795_1849) The eleventh President’s constitutional beliefs blended strict construction, expediency, and continental vision. He returned to a central theme of Jacksonian constitutionalism to harmonize these divergent interests: the President was the tribune of the people, the only
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