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After a negotiation fraught with the risk of war, he reached a settlement with [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]] over the [[Oregon boundary dispute|disputed]] [[Oregon Country]], the territory, for the most part, being divided along the [[49th parallel north|49th parallel]]. Polk achieved victory in the Mexican–American War, which resulted in Mexico's cession of the entire [[Southwestern United States|American Southwest]]. He secured a substantial reduction of [[Tariff in United States history|tariff]] rates with the [[Walker tariff]] of 1846. The same year, he achieved his other major goal, re-establishment of the [[Independent Treasury]] system. True to his campaign pledge to serve only one term, Polk left office in 1849 and returned to Tennessee, where he died three months after leaving the White House.
Though he is relatively obscure today, some scholars have [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States|ranked]] Polk favorably for his ability to promote and achieve the major items on his presidential agenda in his single term. He has also been criticized for leading the country into a war
==Early life==
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