James Polk And His Wife Were The Only Presidential Couple Not Have Children While Together
Polk decided to retire after serving his one-term as president in 1849, but he passed only three months later at the age of 53. He allegedly passed away from cholera after receiving medical care that was counterproductive. In the age of 53, Polk passed away at his Polk Place residence in Nashville, Tennessee. As a result, he would have the quickest retirement of any US president.
Despite being married for 25 years, James Polk never had any children. It is often acknowledged that the early surgery rendered him sterile. Traditional versions claim that his final words to Sarah Polk were, “I love you, Sarah, for all eternity, I adore you”. Borneman observed that regardless of whether the words were spoken, nothing in Polk's life would make them untrue. James Polk and his wife were the only presidential couple not have children while together.
The president was hurriedly interred in a city cemetery on the outskirts of Nashville, since he passed away from an infectious sickness. He was reburied next to Polk Place, his Nashville house, several months later. His burial was once more moved to the grounds of the state Capitol in 1893. The decision to relocate Polk's remains a fourth time, to his former family home in Columbia, Tennessee, is currently being fiercely debated by Tennessee legislators.
