[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED by James Polk, the only Speaker of the House to eventually become President

[Charles Agvent]

[POLK, James]. [EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]. 
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1833 - 1834. First Edition. Thick (3") 
octavo recently bound in brown morocco leather-backed marbled boards 
with matching morocco corners and a red morocco spine label. Documents 
from the 23rd Congress, First Session, 1833-4 containing approximately a 
thousand pages with each document paged individually. James Polk's copy 
with his full SIGNATURE including middle initial on the top of the first 
page, the Index. At the time of publication, Polk was a member of the 
House of Representatives from 1825 to 1839, serving as Speaker of the 
House from 1835 to 1839, the only Speaker eventually to be elected 
president. He was a staunch supporter of President Andrew Jackson and 
supported Jackson's positions on a number of bills included here, most 
notably leading the fight in the House against the recharter of the Bank 
of the United States, exposing its financial weakness. Polk was 
appointed chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in December 
1833, when these documents begin. The first "dark horse" candidate in 
presidential history, Polk was nominated on the 9th ballot at the 
Democratic convention and narrowly defeated Henry Clay in the 
Presidential election of 1844 becoming, at the age of 49, the youngest 
president to date. Vowing to serve only one term, he was possibly the 
least corrupt and most effective president in American history, having 
established an independent treasury, confronted the British, conquered 
Mexico, and seized the western third of the North American continent 
creating the land mass that would ultimately become the contiguous 
United States. Included is a 1992 letter from the Executive Director of 
the Tennessee Historical Society de-accessioning the volume. Books from 
Polk's library are quite uncommon. Occasional foxing and toning to the 
text. The signature is strong and clear, the binding Fine. (#017969)    
     $4,000

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