The men who led America: Presidents throughout history

Continued from the Wednesday, July 8, Madison County Carrier. ­James Knox Polk 11th President of the United States (1845 – 1849) “The gratitude of the nation to the Sovereign Arbiter of all human events should be commensurate with the boundless blessing which we enjoy.” Saw Texas join the Union in his first year of office. Settled the dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States over the Oregon Territory creating the present U.S. - Canadian boundary.