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![[President James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvcHJlc2lkZW50LWphbWVzLWstcG9say1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTgxZjE4My0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/397/jpg "[President James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]")
![[Unidentified man and woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1hbmQtd29tYW4tdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlcnMtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1jNzY5YWYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Unidentified man and woman, three-quarters length portrait, seated]")
![[James K. Polk, full-length portrait, seated, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtay1wb2xrLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "[James K. Polk, full-length portrait, seated, facing right]")
![[James K. Polk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvamFtZXMtay1wb2xrLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1hMTA5NTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "[James K. Polk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
![[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvamFtZXMtYnVjaGFuYW4taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC04YTQ4YjktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]")
![[James K. Vardaman, half-length portrait, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtay12YXJkYW1hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[James K. Vardaman, half-length portrait, seated]")
![[Cardinal James Gibbons, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvY2FyZGluYWwtamFtZXMtZ2liYm9ucy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtYzcyOGVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Cardinal James Gibbons, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[James Daniel Richardson, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvamFtZXMtZGFuaWVsLXJpY2hhcmRzb24taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTQ1ZjEzOC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[James Daniel Richardson, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]")
