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Sarah Childress Polk

1803 - 1891

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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 of the United States, James K. Polk. Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband at a young age. They never had children of their own, though they did foster relatives. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Childress Polk is the 11,833rd most popular politician (up from 14,076th in 2019), the 4,848th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,301st in 2019) and the 412th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 11,833 out of 19,576. Before her are Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, David Kabua, Sobekhotep VIII, Nicolae Titulescu, and Gaius Valerius Flaccus. After her are Văn Tiến Dũng, Artaxias I of Iberia, Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, Guru Har Rai, Ralph Gonsalves, and Mohammad Hidayatullah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 47. Before her are Gustaaf Wappers, Elisa Radziwiłł, Eugène Isabey, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Ludwig Richter. After her are Alexander Dukhnovych, Albert Küchler, James Challis, Johann Jakob Kaup, Juan Almonte, and Bernardo Berro. Among people deceased in 1891, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 67. Before her are Pōmare V, Jean Stas, Heinrich Graetz, Louis Paulsen, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, and Theodor Aman. After her are Laza Lazarević, Adolphe Alphand, José María Iglesias, Charles Stewart Parnell, Ludvig Lorenz, and Sanjō Sanetomi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 4,848 out of 20,380. Before her are Isadore Singer (1924), Gary Burton (1943), Beverly Aadland (1942), Ellie Kemper (1980), James McDivitt (1929), and R. J. Palacio (1963). After her are Larry Semon (1889), Sean Astin (1971), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Peter Benchley (1940), George Pullman (1831), and Tommy Johnson (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Sarah Childress Polk ranks 412. Before her are Milton George Henschel (1920), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Gabriel Almond (1911), Chris Murphy (1973), Hunter Biden (1970), and Pat Buchanan (1938). After her are Lamar Smith (1947), Gall (1840), James Clapper (1941), John J. McCloy (1895), Budge Patty (1924), and Pete Ricketts (1964).

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