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dustzvacuumcleaner · 1 month

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Abandoned & random old doodles

#19th century rpf #antebellum #henry clay #james k. Polk #nicholas biddle #james buchanan

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deadpresidents · 4 months

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JOHN TYLER •President Without a Party: The Life of John Tyler by Christopher J. Leahy (BOOK | KINDLE) •John Tyler: The Accidental President by Edward P. Crapol (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •And Tyler Too: A Biography of John & Julia Gardiner Tyler by Robert Seager II (BOOK)

JAMES K. POLK •Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent by Robert W. Merry (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •James K. Polk and His Time: Essays at the Conclusion of the Polk Project edited by Michael David Cohen (BOOK)

ZACHARY TAYLOR •Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest by K. Jack Bauer (BOOK) •Zachary Taylor: Soldier of the Republic by Holman Hamilton (BOOK | KINDLE) •Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House by Holman Hamilton (BOOK | KINDLE)

MILLARD FILLMORE •Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President by Robert J. Rayback (BOOK | KINDLE) •Millard Fillmore by Robert J. Scarry (BOOK | KINDLE)

FRANKLIN PIERCE •Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son by Peter A. Wallner (BOOK) •Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union by Peter A. Wallner (BOOK) •Franklin Pierce: Young History of the Granite Hills by Roy Franklin Nichols (BOOK)

JAMES BUCHANAN •Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents by Robert Strauss (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King by Thomas J. Balcerski (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Worst President: The Story of James Buchanan by Garry Boulard (BOOK | KINDLE)

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mapsontheweb · 1 year

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The United States as James K. Polk Wanted It

#maps #us #james k. polk

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opalite-illusions · 1 month

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I made polka-dot-polk

#james k. polk #antebellum #polk

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tmbgareok · 2 years

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I’ve noticed that Linnell’s been posting a lot about US presidential history on his Instagram lately, and as a fellow history enjoyer I just want to ask him: who’s his favorite out of the first 30 US presidents, and why?

JL: I get the feeling that someone has to be a little wrong in the head to successfully pursue the office of president. Picking a favorite implies endorsing them, so I should say up front that I’m suspicious of anyone with that level of ambition. But I find all of them interesting and getting to know them gives you a kind of scaffolding for understanding U.S. history, which is good.

I’m impressed by someone like John Quincy Adams, who maybe had an unremarkable four years in office but was a brilliant diplomat, spoke a whole bunch of languages, studied the classics and travelled around the world when he was young. So jealous! Long after he was president he continued to hold public offices and was a strong opponant of slavery and the Mexican War. So he earns lots of points.

#they might be giants #James k. polk #Linnell #TMBG #presidents #John Quincey Adams

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presidential-man-slut-poll · 1 year

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Presidential Man Slut Poll Round 1

Vote for who you think has the absolute sluttiest vibes! Learn more at the FAQ. This poll ends on Saturday, 25 February 2023.

Remember to reblog to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote. That’s democracy, babey!!!!

#james k polk #james k. polk #ulysses s. grant #potus #usa #tumblr's sluttiest president #actual polls

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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Milestone Monday

On this day, December 5 in 1848, U.S. President James K. Polk sent a message to the United States Congress confirming that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California, thus beginning the great California Gold Rush. Approximately 300,000 people swarmed to California during the Gold Rush causing massive changes in the territory’s dynamics as well as major upheavals, including environmental degradation and the persecution and displacement of indigenous peoples. Overnight, California gained an international reputation as the "golden state," attracting generations of immigrants to the state’s potential for prosperity. In many ways, that attraction continues to this day.

To commemorate this milestone, we present images from the 1934 Grabhorn Press publication A California Gold Rush Miscellany, printed in San Francisco by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn in an edition of 550 copies. It includes a printing of nine unpublished letters and a journal from the gold mines with reproductions of lithographs, early maps, and broadsides and an introduction by Robert’s spouse and fellow fine-press printer Jane Bissell Grabhorn. All of the original archival material used for the publication were owned by the Grabhorns.

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#Milestone Monday #milestones #gold rush #califronia gold rush #gold mining #James K. Polk #California #california history #Grabhorn Press #Edwin and Robert Grabhorn #Edwin Grabhorn #Robert Grabhorn #Jane Bissell Grabhorn #California printers #fine press books

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selfcallednowhere · 2 years

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Did you know “James K. Polk” started out in a wildly different form as a b-side to “Istanbul”? YOU DO NOW.

#tmbg #you're welcome #james k. polk #istanbul #eps #factory showroom #flood #mp3 goodness

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lone-wolf-nergiganos · 1 year

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Reblog this if you want

#james k. polk #zachary taylor #millard fillmore #franklin pierce #james buchanan #abraham lincoln #andrew johnson #ulysses s. grant #rutherford b. hayes #james a. garfield #us presidents

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rastronomicals · 1 year

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3:59 AM EST February 3, 2023:

They Might Be Giants - “James K. Polk” From the album Factory Showroom (October 8, 1996)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: People Songs

#They Might Be Giants #Factory Showroom #James K. Polk

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problematic-president · 2 months

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If the founding fathers were alive today

George washington: skibidi toilet

John adams: HATES skibidi toilet

Thomas jefferson: ??? Too busy having sex

James madison: disintegrates upon watching skibidi toilet

James monroe: flatlines

John quincy adams: HATES skibidi toilet

Andrew jackson: skibidi toilet

Martin van buren: skibidi toilet, but only because jackson did it first

William henry harrison: flatlines

John tyler: i actually know nothing abt john tyler. Maybe he'd like it

James k polk: skibidi toilet, but only because jackson did it first

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Abraham lincoln: got shot in the head while watching skibidi toilet

#george washington #john adams #thomas jefferson #james madison #james monroe #john quincy adams #andrew jackson #martin van buren #william henry harrison #john tyler #james k polk #historyposting #historymemes #i need to be euthanized actually #the demons told me to post this #oh yea #abraham lincoln

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dustzvacuumcleaner · 1 month

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Lol yea

#19th century rpf #antebellum #james k. polk #james buchanan #andrew jackson

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deadpresidents · 10 days

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"I had learned this morning that Mr. Buchanan had taken exception to my remark on Saturday last that I should feel that I was deserted by my political family if the members of my Cabinet should call on the President-elect before he called on me. The remark was made because it might have happened that if my Cabinet called on General Taylor he might not afterwards have chosen to call on me at all. As General Taylor belongs to a different political party from myself, and as it was his duty to call on me, if he desired to exchange civilities, I thought it was due to their own self-respect as well as to me that my Cabinet should wait until General Taylor paid his respects to me before they paid their respects to him. In this view all the members of the Cabinet expressed their concurrence on Saturday, except Mr. Buchanan. I learned this morning that Mr. Buchanan had said to a member of the Cabinet that notwithstanding my remark on Saturday he had left the Cabinet-room resolved to call on General Taylor on that day, as General Shields by appointment had called at the State Department to accompany him. He did not, however, do so; but called on General Taylor yesterday, immediately after General Taylor had called on me. Mr. Buchanan is an able man, but is in small matters without judgment and sometimes acts like an old maid."

-- President James K. Polk, on his Secretary of State James Buchanan, shortly before the inauguration of Polk's successor, President-elect Zachary Taylor, in an entry in Polk's remarkable and often immensely petty personal diary (which he religiously updated throughout his Presidency), February 27, 1849.