1845-1849
Born into a Presbyterian family, Polk was never baptized. He attended the Presbyterian Church with his wife. The Polks prohibited dancing and card-playing in the White House -- a change from the gaiety of the Tyler administration. According to reports of his final days, his mother invited her Presbyterian pastor to finally baptize her son, but Polk said that he had promised a Methodist pastor he would be baptized to in that church. Polk was baptized a Methodist on his deathbed.
Born into a Presbyterian family, Polk was never baptized. He attended the Presbyterian Church with his wife. The Polks prohibited dancing and card-playing in the White House -- a change from the gaiety of the Tyler administration. According to reports of his final days, his mother invited her Presbyterian pastor to finally baptize her son, but Polk said that he had promised a Methodist pastor he would be baptized to in that church. Polk was baptized a Methodist on his deathbed.
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