November 2nd 1795 \u2013 June 15th 1849<\/span><\/p>\n Member of:<\/p>\n Columbia Lodge #31<\/a>, Columbia, Tennessee.<\/p>\n 11th President of the United States. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives the only president to have served as House Speaker\u2014and Governor of Tennessee . Polk was the surprise (dark horse) candidate for president in 1844, defeating Henry Clay of the rival Whig Party by promising to annex the Republic of Texas. Polk was a leader of Jacksonian Democracy during the Second Party System. His nickname was “Young Hickory” because of his close association with “Old Hickory”, Andrew Jackson.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Brother_Jame_K_Polk.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason James Polk” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother James Polk November 2nd 1795 \u2013 June 15th 1849 Member of: Columbia Lodge #31, Columbia, Tennessee. 11th President of the United States. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives the only president to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Brother James Polk<\/p> Member of\u00a0Columbia Lodge No. 31,<\/p> Columbia, Tennessee.<\/p>![\"Brother_Jame_K_Polk\"](\"http:\/\/www.eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Brother_Jame_K_Polk.jpg\")
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