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James K. Polk Is Elected 11th President of the United States

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Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk

The First Lady, Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk, 1846

CREDIT: "Mrs. J.K. Polk." [Sarah Childress Polk] Lithograph after daguerreotype by John Plumbe. N. Currier, 1846, New York. By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.



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