Sarah Polk
Sarah Childress Polk (born September 4, 1803 in Murfreesboro , Tennessee , † August 14, 1891 in Nashville ) was the wife of the 11th US President James K. Polk and the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1845 to March 3 March 1849.
As the older daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Childress, she grew up on a plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
James and Sarah were married on January 1, 1824. The marriage remained childless, but they adopted a nephew, Marshall Tate Polk (1831–1884).
Sarah Polk is buried in Nashville.
literature
- Amy S. Greenberg: Lady first: the world of First Lady Sarah Polk , New York: Knopf 2019, ISBN 9780385354134 .
- Valerie Palmer-Mehta: Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 159-175.
Web links
Commons : Sarah Childress Polk - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Biography on the White House website (archived)
- Sarah Polk in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polk, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Childress, Sarah (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American First Lady (1845–1849) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murfreesboro , Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1891 |
| Place of death | Nashville |