Four years. He promised one term and that is what he did. Polk added over 800,000 square miles to western territory and extended the boundary of the country to the Pacific Ocean. He also lowered tariffs and created an independent federal treasury.
James Knox Polk is the only US President to have held that office.
James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States serving from from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849.
James Knox Polk.
Polk ran and was elected in 1844.
James Knox Polk served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. He served for just one 4-year term.
He was in office for four years.
Polk took office on March 4, 1845.
James K Polk did not die in office. He died three months after his retirement on June 15, 1849, likely of cholera.
James k. Polk
1845-1849
Polk Place was the house that Polk had built for himself and his wife in Nashville. He died soon after he left office, so he did not enjoy his new house for long, but his wife lived in it for many years.
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President Polk died 103 days (three months) after leaving office.
President Polk served one term, from March 1845 to March 1849.
He decided not to run for a second term and so left office because his term was up.
The salary for the President was $25,000 per year when Polk was in the office.
He retired to his new home, Polk Place, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Unfortunately he died just 4 months after leaving office.)