This man joined Congress at the age of 29 as a Tennessee representative.
This man joined Congress at the age of 29 as a Tennessee representative. After being reelected five times to the House of Representatives, he became the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and later Speaker of the House and Governor of Tennessee. In 1844, he defeated Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for President, by promising to annex Texas. In 1848, he accepted the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which added California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah territories to the US. For 10 points, name the only president of the United States who had been House Speaker, the 11th President.
This man joined Congress at the age of 29 as a Tennessee representative.
James K. {Polk}