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| | James K. Polk |
 | | Born on November 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, North Caroline to an influential, somewhat wealthy family, Polk was the son of Samuel and Jane Knox Polk. |
 | | Polk was admitted to the bar, and established himself at Columbia, the county-seat of Maury county. |
 | | A frank and sincere friend, courteous and affable in his demeanor with strangers, generous and benevolent, the esteem in which he was held as a man and a citizen was quite as high as his official reputation. |
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