Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president...

great-niece and unofficially adopted daughter of former First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Sallie's mother died when she was only a few months old. Sallie...

Polk Place was the home of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk, originally on Vine Street in Nashville...

residence, Polk Place. After the president’s death, Elias Polk continued to live at Polk Place and serve the widowed First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Once...

where Polk provided alcoholic refreshments for his voters, he defeated incumbent William Yancey. Beginning in early 1822, Polk courted Sarah Childress—they...

portrait of Mrs. Polk. She was seventy-five years old when she sat for the artist. Dury completed another portrait of Sarah Childress Polk in 1883, 34 years...

relocate the remains of President Polk and his wife Sarah Childress Polk from the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville to the Polk home. On March 3, 2018, the...

musician Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891), U.S. First Lady from 1845 to 1849 William Childress (1933–2022), American author Childress, Texas Childress County...

love you, Sarah. For all eternity, I love you." — James K. Polk, president of the United States (15 June 1849), to his wife, Sarah Childress Polk "Lord,...

1895) September 4 Anna Nielsen, Danish mezzo-soprano (d. 1856) Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891) September 9 – Osgood Johnson...