James K. PolkEarly Career |
What did Polk do after graduating college? |
Polk studied law under well-known lawyer Felix Grundy, who previously had served in the Kentucky legislature and on the Kentucky Supreme Court. Grundy was a friend of Andrew Jackson and later became a U.S. senator from Tennessee and U.S. attorney general under President Martin Van Buren.
Polk studied under Grundy for two years and was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in June 1820.