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James K. Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on November 2, 1795. He was the eldest out of ten children , later on in 1818 Polk graduated from the University Of Carolina , where he studied law . James married once to Sarah Childress in the year of 1824. Before presidency james served in the Tennessee House of Representatives , and later on became the governor of Tennessee.

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