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Polk died on August 14, 1891, at age 87, less than a month before her 88th birthday. She was buried next to her husband originally at their home in Nashville and was later reinterred with him at the Tennessee State Capitol when Polk Place was demolished in 1901. Polk left the contents of Polk Place to her grandniece, Sarah Polk Fall. See also
Sarah was a wife of U.S. eleventh president James K. Polk. She was an independent woman who shared in her husband's political career publicly and was a key adviser, helping him with speeches and letters. She was an avid reader and made many friends in Washington, where her husband, James K.Polk, served for fourteen years in Congress and for four years as president.
Sarah épouse James Polk le 1 er janvier 1824 dans la demeure familiale des Childress, à Murfreesboro. Elle lui apporte son soutien dans sa carrière politique, qui le voit devenir gouverneur du Tennessee de 1839 à 1841, puis président des États-Unis de 1845 à 1849. Épuisé par la vie politique, Polk meurt trois mois à peine après la fin de son mandat, le 15 juin 1849 .
Her niece married George Fall in 1865 in the parlor at Polk Place, and the couple stayed until their first child was born three years later. During the American Civil War, both sides respected her neutrality as a former First Lady with her entertaining officers from both armies and later after the war, President Hayes and Mrs. Hayes and President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland .
14 de feb. de 2019 · Sarah Childress Polk, the wife of James K. Polk, the 11th American president (1845-49), wrote no memoir and kept no diary, unlike Louisa Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams.
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Sarah "Sallie" Polk Jetton Fall (April 1, 1847 – July 22, 1924) was a wealthy Nashville socialite and philanthropist. She was the great-niece and unofficially adopted daughter of former First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Sallie's mother died when she was only a few months old.
