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| James K. Polk 1845-1849 |
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President James K. Polk signed military Commission dated April 21st, 1848 promoting Edward M. Glitz to Second lieutenant in the tenth artillery regiment.
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| Tennessee Governor James K. Polk's personal copy of the National Intelligencer, Dated April 4th, 1840....Exactly Five years later, April 4th, 1845, Polk would take the oath of office, becoming the 11th President of the United States. Polk also served as the the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835-1839
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David Rice Atchison 1807-1868
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| David Rice Atchison, March 4, 1849 |
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President Polk's term expired on Saturday, March 3rd, 1849 and the incoming President, Zachary Taylor, refused to be sworn in on the Sabbath....So, the President Pro Temporare of the Senate, David Rice Atchison, the senior Senator from Missouri, became the acting President... for one day, March 4th, 1849. His wife later said that he slept through his presidency!
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| Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 |
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Zachary Taylor signed requisition order while Colonel/Commander of Fort Crawford in Wisconsin, Dated May 1833 Zachary Taylor was also the Father-in-Law of Jefferson Davis, the future President of the Confederacy.
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| Chamberlain's Storming of Bishop's Palace, Sept. 1846 |
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"Officer's" Sword captured during the Mexican surrender of Monterrey in September 1846. It was at the end of this battle that General Zachary Taylor allowed Mexican General Pedro de Ampudia and his troops to evacuate the city, taking with them their firearms and six fieldpieces. All other weapons were confiscated, including this sword. (From the estate of J.E.Barclay)
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Millard Fillmore 1800-1874
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| Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 |
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Millard Fillmore signed Military Commission, Dated the 2cd day of September, 1852 promoting Frank H. Sarned to the rank of First Lieutenant in the Second Artillery Regiment.
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Franklin Pierce 1804-1869
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| Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 |
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President Franklin Pierce's signed Proclamation for the extension of the convention between the U.S. and Great Britain, ie. The Treaty of Ghent, Dated the 11th day of September 1854 . The Treaty of Ghent was the begining of international co-operation between the United States and Great Britain, a true turning point in World Politics!
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William Rufus DeVane King 1786-1853
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| V.P. William R.D.King 1853-1853 |
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Were they...or weren't they? That was the question circulating around Washington D.C. in the 1850s. William Rufus King, Vice President under Franklin Pierce...and James Buchanan's "Live-in Friend", was often referred to as Miss Nancy...or Aunt Fancy by Former President Andrew Jackson. King, who took his oath of office in Cuba, lasted only 45 days as Vice President, dying of tuberculosis only a few days after returning to the U.S.
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| James Buchanan 1857-1861 |
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President James Buchanan hand-written letter to Lord Lyons requesting that he pass along a letter to the Price of Wales, Prince Albert, who would later become the King of England upon the death of his Mother, Queen Victoria , January 22, 1901. The letter is Dated June 16th, 1862
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John C. Breckinridge 1821-1875
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| V.P. John C. Breckinridge 1857-1861 |
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John C. Breckenridge, the youngest Vice President in U.S. History (36), joined the confederacy during the Civil War and was eventually made a Major General. He fought...and was injured...at the Battle of Shiloh. After the war, fearing he would be put on trial for treason, Breckinridge spent the next five years traveling between Canada and England, returning to the U.S only after he was granted amnesty in 1869.
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