01/01/1824 AD married
They met .while both were receiving instruction from Samuel P. Black at his house in Murfreesboro, TN; he was 19, she was 12..
They would be formally introduced in the early 1820s with Polk's involvement with the State Legislature. Shortly after he began courting her. Legend says Andrew Jackson called her "wealthy, pretty, ambitious, and intelligent," and urged Polk to marry her.
In 1823 the two became engaged, and were married the following New Year's day at the plantation home of the bride's parents.
Of their 25 years of marriage they would never have children, often attributed to the bladder stone surgery Polk had as a young man making him sterile. They were the only presidential couple to never have children while together, biologically, adopted or from previous marriage.
Lattitude: 35.8461° N
Longitude: 86.3919° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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James Knox Polk 11th President of the Un...
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Sarah Childress Polk First Lady of the ...
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