1795 - 1849
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James K. Polk has received more than 6,983,506 page views. His biography is available in 124 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). James K. Polk is the 67th most popular politician (up from 83rd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from United States (up from 28th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Politician.
James K. Polk was the 11th president of the United States. He is most famous for annexing Texas, Oregon, and California to the United States.
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Among politicians, James K. Polk ranks 67 out of 15,577. Before him are Mehmed the Conqueror, Nicholas II of Russia, Henry Kissinger, John F. Kennedy, Margaret Thatcher, and Caligula. After him are Mary I of England, Hillary Clinton, Huang Xianfan, Muammar Gaddafi, Ronald Reagan, and Frederick the Great.
1432 - 1481
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 61
1868 - 1918
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 62
1923 - Present
HPI: 83.32
Rank: 63
1917 - 1963
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 64
1925 - 2013
HPI: 83.20
Rank: 65
12 - 41
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 66
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 67
1516 - 1558
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 68
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 69
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 70
1942 - 2011
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 71
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 72
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1795, James K. Polk ranks 1. After him are Frederick William IV of Prussia, Leopold von Ranke, John Keats, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Antonio José de Sucre, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Dred Scott, and John William Polidori. Among people deceased in 1849, James K. Polk ranks 3. Before him are Frédéric Chopin and Edgar Allan Poe. After him are Hokusai, Johann Strauss I, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, William II of the Netherlands, Anne Brontë, Charles Albert of Sardinia, Sándor Petőfi, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, and Heonjong of Joseon.
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
1795 - 1861
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1795 - 1886
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 3
1795 - 1821
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1795 - 1865
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 8
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 12
1810 - 1849
HPI: 88.83
Rank: 1
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 2
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 3
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 4
1804 - 1849
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 5
1769 - 1849
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 6
1792 - 1849
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 7
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 8
1798 - 1849
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 9
1823 - 1849
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 10
1780 - 1849
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 11
1827 - 1849
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, James K. Polk ranks 21 out of 18,182. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Van Buren (1782), Benjamin Franklin (1706), John F. Kennedy (1917), Elvis Presley (1935), and Bruce Lee (1940). After him are Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), Michael Jackson (1958), Ernest Hemingway (1899), Joe Biden (1942), and George Washington (1732).
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 15
1782 - 1862
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 16
1706 - 1790
HPI: 83.56
Rank: 17
1917 - 1963
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 18
1935 - 1977
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 19
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 20
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 22
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 23
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 24
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 25
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 26
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 27
Among politicians born in United States, James K. Polk ranks 9. Before him are Abraham Lincoln (1809), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), Martin Van Buren (1782), Benjamin Franklin (1706), and John F. Kennedy (1917). After him are Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), Joe Biden (1942), George Washington (1732), George W. Bush (1946), and Harry S. Truman (1884).
1809 - 1865
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 3
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 4
1882 - 1945
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 5
1782 - 1862
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 6
1706 - 1790
HPI: 83.56
Rank: 7
1917 - 1963
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 8
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 10
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 14
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 15