VanLeer Polk
VanLeer Polk | |
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Born | 1858 |
Died | 1907 |
Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
Parent(s) | Andrew Jackson Polk Rebecca Van Leer |
Relatives | William Polk (paternal grandfather) Antoinette Polk (sister) |
VanLeer Polk (a.k.a. Van Leer Polk) (1858-1907) was an American politician and diplomat from Tennessee.
Early life[]
VanLeer Polk was born in 1858. His father, Andrew Jackson Polk, was the son of Colonel William Polk.[1] His mother, Rebecca Van Leer, was an heiress to an iron fortune from Cumberland Furnace.[1] Polk grew up at Ashwood Hall in Ashbrook, near Columbia, Tennessee.[1]
Career[]
Polk was a member of the Democratic Party.[2] He served in the Tennessee Senate in the 1890s, representing Maury County.[2] With , a state senator for Giles County, he introduced railroad commission bills.[2]
Polk was appointed as Consul-General in Bombay, India, by President Grover Cleveland.[3] Later, he was appointed as one of five delegates to Brazil by President Theodore Roosevelt.[3]
Death[]
He died in 1907.
References[]
- ^ a b c Garrett, Jill K. (Spring 1970). "St. John's Church, Ashwood". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 29 (1): 3–23. JSTOR 42623126.
- ^ a b c Connie L. Lester, Up from the Mudsills of Hell: The Farmers' Alliance, Populism, and Progressive Agriculture in Tennessee, 1870-1915, University of Georgia Press, 2006, p. 172
- ^ a b "Lucky Frenchman Has Won the Love of Gladys Deacon: After the Affairs of a Smitten Prince and a Duke "Turned Down," Comes the Triumph of Young Baron de Charette, And Another International Romance Is Launched". Palestine Daily Herald. 13 April 1908. p. 6. Retrieved July 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1858 births
- 1907 deaths
- People from Maury County, Tennessee
- Tennessee state senators
- Tennessee Democrats
- American diplomats
- Polk family
- 19th-century American politicians
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- Tennessee politician stubs