James G. Polk

James Gould Polk (October 6, 1896 – April 28, 1959) was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century.

A native of Highland County, Ohio, Polk grew up on a farm and graduated from high school in New Vienna, Ohio.

He did not serve during World War I because of a physical disability, and graduated from Ohio State University in 1919.

Polk worked as a school administrator in small towns in Ohio during the 1920s, and was first elected to office in 1930, as a U.S.

During World War II, Polk worked as a special assistant in the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. After the war, Polk re-entered politics, and won back his old Congressional seat in the 1948 election.

Group of legislators leaves White House after asking Franklin D. Roosevelt for $80,000,000 for flood control in Ohio Valley , March 7, 1938. front: l-r Joseph A. Dixon , James G. Polk , Eugene B. Crowe , G. W. Johnson , Lawrence E. Imhoff , rear l-r : Peter J. De Muth , Kent E. Keller , Brent Spence .