Polk was elected to Congress by the 5th congressional district of Tennessee. He was also elected Governor by the voters of Tennessee.
James K. Polk, 11th US President, was elected for one term in November of 1844.
Polk was from the state of Tennessee.
In 1844, the Democrats were split The three nominees for the presidential candidate Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist James Buchanan, a moderate Louis Cass, a general and...
James Knox Polk defeated Henry Clay in the election of 1844.