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POLK, James K. (1795-1849). Served in Congress and later as the 7th Governor of Tennessee. President of the United States (1845-1849). Slave owner most of his adult life. First President elected despite losing his own state. As President, he settled with England a boundary between Oregon and Canada. The first official US stamps were issued under his tenure as President in 1847. Partly printed document signed on vellum. Polk appoints Brevet Major Andrew Porter to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel from the 13 Day of September 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec.. Signed James K. Polk as President and countersigned by the Secretary of War W. L. Marcy. War Department seal intact. All writing slightly light possibly from prior framing but all easily readable. Documents of Polk from the Mexican War have become quite scarce. During the Mexican War, Porter was assigned to the 1st Mounted Rifles. In the Civil War he took part in the First Battle of Bull Run. He was the second cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln...$4500.00
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