Best james polk biography

There are numerous books on James K. Polk, and it comes with good reason, aside from serving as America’s eleventh President (1845-1849), he was Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1835 and 1839 and left that prestigious post to become Governor of Tennessee.

“One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights,” he acknowledged.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of America’s most consequential figures to the height of political power, we’ve compiled a list of the 5 best books on James K.

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Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman

In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment.

James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849,