1. 1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

2. James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate, also campaigned on promises to get Texas for the United States.

3. One other president bears comparison to Bush: James K. Polk.

4. None of the names nominated seemed able to win the necessary two-thirds. At last, another name was proposed: James K. Polk.

5. 1848 - California gold rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

6. Nor has anyone compared Lincoln's batting average in clemency cases to that of, say, wartime presidents like James K. Polk, Woodrow Wilson or Franklin D. Roosevelt.