This week in our series, Lew Roland and Jack Weitzel talk about statehood for Texas and about the presidency of James Polk.

本周，在我们的系列节目中，卢·罗兰和杰克·韦泽尔将探讨赋予德克萨斯州地位和詹姆斯·波尔克总统任期内发生的故事。

In the House of Representatives, James Polk proposed four resolutions on the bank. One said the bank should not get a new charter.

在众议院，詹姆斯·波尔克提出了四项关于美国银行的决议。其中一项表示不应给美国银行授予新章程。

In 1845, President James Polk appointed Buchanan secretary of state.

1845年，詹姆斯·波尔克总统任命布坎南为国务卿。

Second in his class James Polk High School.

詹姆斯·波尔克高中 他班里的第二名。

In eighteen forty-eight, while James Polk was president, there was a great constitutional debate in the United States. It arose over slavery in the new territories.

1848年，詹姆斯·波尔克担任总统时，美国发生了一场规模壮大的宪法辩论，它起源于新领地的奴隶制。

James Polk had campaigned for the presidency on two promises. He declared that he would make all of Texas and all of Oregon part of the United States.

詹姆斯·波尔克为竞选总统做出了两个承诺。他宣布将把德克萨斯和俄勒冈全部纳入美国领土。

President John Tyler signed the resolution on March first. That was just three days before his term ended and James Polk moved into the White House as the nation's eleventh president.

总统约翰·泰勒于3月1日签署了这项决议。三天后，他的总统任期即满，詹姆斯·波尔克作为美国第十一任总统进入白宫。