A view of the tomb of James K. Polk, (the eleventh president of the United States) who is buried on the eastern slope of the Tennessee State Capitol grounds, together with his wife, Sarah Childress Polk. President James K. Polk, who died on June 15, 1849, was first buried in a vault in the City Cemetery. In November of the same year, his remains were removed to the grounds of his home, Polk Place, located near the corner of Polk Avenue and Seventh Avenue, North. Following the death of his widow, Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk, August 14, 1891, the remains of President Polk and Mrs. Polk were buried on Capitol Hill.
