Documents in Year 1844
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Links of Interest:
John Tyler, Tenth U.S. President(1841-1845)
On May 24, 1844, Samuel B. Morse sends the message, "What hath God wrought" over the first telegraph line from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD. The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen“One year afterJohn Fremont and Kit Carson reach Oregon the 1844 campaign for the Presidency is under way.
Dark horse candidate James K. Polk believes in one thing above all, expanding America’s borders.
It’s a vision he shares with his mentor, Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was known as Old Hickory because he was so tough.
James K. Polk was known as Young Hickory the idea being that he was a sapling in Andrew Jackson’s model.
Jackson made clear that if you were a supporter of Andrew Jackson you would go with James Polk.” Polk became President
in January 1845.
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