Alex Marriot Talks about President Polk in the 1840s
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Description
Interview of ACC faculty Alex Marriot and his research into the administration of President James K. Polk and the US Mexican War in the 1840s.
Publication Date
2022
Document Type
Podcast
City
Alvin
Keywords
Alex Marriot, James Polk, US Mexico War
Disciplines
Political History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Tompkins, John, "Alex Marriot Talks about President Polk in the 1840s" (2022). John Tompkin’s Podcast. 1.
https://archives.alvincollege.edu/john-tompkin-podcast/1
Comments
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) 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 Jacksonian democracy and American expansionism. Polk saw Texas join the Union in his first year in office, one of the precipitating causes that soon led the U.S. into the Mexican–American War. The settlement of that war expanded American territory to the Pacific Ocean. During his term, the dispute over the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom was also resolved, creating the present U.S.-Canadian boundary.