Top 5 First Ladies More Qualified to be President than Hillary Clinton

3. Sarah Polk

The wife of James K. Polk, the 11th president of the United States, Sarah Childress Polk assisted her husband with his speeches, gave him advice on policy matters and helped him with his campaigns.

While she took an interest in  politics, and even stood up to Andrew Jackson in the matter of the Petticoat Affair prior to becoming first lady, Sarah Polk understood that her role as the president’s wife was that of a confidante, not a politician.

Sarah Polk outlived her husband by many decades. Though she lived in Tennessee, Mrs. Polk remained officially neutral throughout the Civil War, though she expressed the wish for the Union to be preserved, when she was visited in her home by Ulysses S. Grant.

Whatever criticism we may have against Sarah Polk, she would have made a better president than Hillary Clinton.