Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk.

President Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James ...

Beginning with the annexation of Texas, which voted to become the 28th state in 1845, Polk aggressively expanded America’s ...

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Sometimes, a compromise candidate can prove to be the best candidate. President James K. Polk is a case in point. At the outset of the 1844 Democratic National Convention, Polk was a longshot twice ...

Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up ...

If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives than the 11th president.

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Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up ...