Robert M. T. Hunter
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative, speaker of the House, and U.S. senator. During the American Civil War, Hunter became the C
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
1864 CSA $10 banknote depicting R.M.T. Hunter.
Hunter in later life
James K. Polk
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James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of American expansionism an
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…Archer Succeeded by John Carlile 14th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives In office December 16, 1839 – March 4, 1841 Preceded by James Polk Succeeded by John White Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Preceded by…
Portrait, c. 1849
Reconstruction of the log cabin in Pineville, North Carolina, where Polk was born
c. 1846–49 daguerreotype of James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk
The James K. Polk Home where he spent his young adult life in Columbia, Tennessee, is his only private residence still standing.