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Sarah Polk

Power can be exercised through proximity and trust.

by Amy S. Greenberg via In Pursuit on April 30, 2026

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Illustration of James K. Polk with maps in the background.

Trump Wants to Be the New Polk

His interest in the 11th president’s legacy has conjured up the specter of manifest destiny.

by Vivian Salama via The Atlantic on January 21, 2026

Statue of Andrew Jackson on galloping horse, in Jackson Square, New Orleans.

Trump Should Revive Jacksonian Military Attitudes

The worship of military technocrats underwrites American failures abroad.

by Hunter DeRensis via The American Conservative on January 15, 2025

'Hanging of the San Patricios following the Battle of Chapultepec' by Samuel E. Chamberlain

During the Mexican-American War Irish-Americans Fought for Mexico in the 'Saint Patrick's Battalion'

Anti-Catholic sentiment in the States gave men like John Riley little reason to continue to pay allegiance to the stars and stripes.

by Francine Uenuma via Smithsonian Magazine on March 15, 2019

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