Sarah Polk

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Jun 17

Written By Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

FIRST LADY TO JAMES K. POLK // #11

Highly educated.
Asked that “Hail to the Chief” be played every time Polk entered an event, because he tended to go unnoticed otherwise.
She outlived him by 42 years, wearing black the whole time.

🩷Sarah PolkJames K. Polk

Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

I’ve read at least one book about every U.S. president, never tire of shoehorning presidential trivia into conversations, and am basically an expert at hiding mistakes in my sketchbooks.

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