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Question: Did james polk ever appoint anybody!?
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Polk appointed the following Justices to the U!.S!. Supreme Court:

Levi Woodbury – 1845 (of New Hampshire) (Note: this was a recess appointment, later confirmed by the Senate)!.
Robert Cooper Grier – 1846 (of Pennsylvania)
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His cabinet, all appointed
Secretary of State James Buchanan
Secretary of the Treasury Robert J!. Walker
Secretary of War William L!. Marcy
Attorney General John Y!. Mason, Nathan Clifford, Isaac Toucey
Postmaster General Cave Johnson
Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, John Y!. Mason

Numerous ambassadors
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