James Polk #1: Getting Started (1795-1825); Topics covered include: Parents, sickly childhood, attends University of North Carolina, legal training, clerk for the Tennessee Senate, establishes own law practice, elected state Senate, Jeffersonian ideology, early relationship with Andrew Jackson, marries Sarah Childress, and is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Key people: Sam Polk, Jenny Polk, Ezekiel Polk, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, and Sarah (Childress) Polk
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