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title: President Polk and his Cabinet, 1846
author: John Plumbe, Jr.
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20659/president-polk-and-his-cabinet-1846/
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updated: 2025-07-04
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# President Polk and his Cabinet, 1846
_Authored by John Plumbe, Jr._
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20659.jpg)
## Image Caption
The cabinet of US President [James K. Polk](https://www.worldhistory.org/James_K._Polk/) in the White House dining room, by John Plumbe, Jr., c. 1846.
Bottom row, left to right: Attorney General John Y. Mason, Secretary of [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) William L. Marcy, President Polk, Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker.
Back row, left to right: Postmaster General Cave Johnson, Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. (Secretary of State James Buchanan is absent).
James K. Polk Presidential Museum.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Jr., J. P. (2025, July 04). President Polk and his Cabinet, 1846. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State-dining-room-polk-cabinet.jpg) by [**John Plumbe, Jr.**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State-dining-room-polk-cabinet.jpg). Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 04 July 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.