Governor of Indiana 1862-1864
The likeness carries the heavy composure of a man more comfortable on the bench than the stump
the proclamation rendered in the hagiographic register of late-century remembrance
his gaunt features rendered in the grave register reserved for men carrying a fracturing republic
The Presidents of the United States: Washington 1789 to Fillmore 1850 — a gallery lithograph assembling the republic's first thirteen executives
James K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, 1838 juhn trumbull art Governor of Indiana 1862-1864James K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, 1838 catches the future president mid ascent, still a Jacksonian foot soldier in Nashville before Manifest Destiny found its loudest advocate. The portrait carries the severe composure of a man already rehearsing the annexations to come. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical