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Sarah Childress Polk Gravesite. Fascinating details. Sarah wanted to assume more than a social hostess role, turning much of her attention to catering to voters. Aided the president when he experienced health issues by reading papers meant for him and marking important portions for his review.
4 de mar. de 2015 · Sarah Childress Polk was born near Nurfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, September 4, 1803, is the daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Childress. Her father, a farmer in easy circumstances, sent her to the Moravian institute at Salem, North Carolina, where she was educated. On returning home she married Mr. Polk, who was then a member of the ...
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk.A fashion trendsetter, she used her keen intelligence, abiding religious faith, pleasant manner, and superb organizational skills to artfully regulate the White House, serve as her husband’s main political partner, and orchestrate an exhausting social schedule of ...
Sarah Childress’s dowry—when she left her family’s cotton farm near Murfreesboro to marry James K. Polk of Columbia—included ten enslaved people. She and her brother worked behind-the-scenes to buy slaves for James’s Mississippi Delta plantation while he was president, and she became the owner of fifty-six enslaved workers there when James died.
1 de mar. de 1997 · Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891) was a highly educated woman who became President Polk's virtual secretary and more: She critiqued his speeches, evaluated his Cabinet decisions, and worked side by side with her husband. Mrs. Polk was praised for her astute views on matters of state by both Polk's supporters and his opponents.
Added: Mar 1, 2000. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8627. Source citation. United States First Lady. She was the wife of James K. Polk, the 11th President of the United States. Born on a plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, she was the oldest daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Childress, a prosperous slave-owning planter and merchant.
15 de mar. de 1997 · Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891) was a highly educated woman who became President Polk's virtual secretary and more: She critiqued his speeches, evaluated his Cabinet decisions, and worked side by side with her husband. Mrs. Polk was praised for her astute views on matters of state by both Polk's supporters and his opponents.
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