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Joel Childress (1777-1819) —
also known as Joel Childers —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born March
22, 1777.
Planter;
merchant;
postmaster at Murfreesboro,
Tenn., 1813-19.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
18, 1819 (age 42 years, 149
days).
Interment at Canonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bastrop
County, Tex., January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother of Bailey
Hardeman; married 1814 to Mary
Ophelia Polk (aunt of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk); married, October
26, 1836, to Eliza DeWitt; fourth cousin of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, John
Wayles Eppes and John
Randolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., John
Robertson, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph. |
| | | Political family: Polk
#2 family of Tennessee (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Hardeman County,
Tenn. is named for him; Hardeman County,
Tex. is named partly for him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Polk (1788-1857) —
of Kent
County, Del.
Born in Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., November
15, 1788.
Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County, 1824; Governor of
Delaware, 1827-30, 1836-37.
Died in Milford, Kent
County, Del., October
27, 1857 (age 68 years, 346
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah
Childress (daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Polk
#2 family of Tennessee; Polk
#1 family of New York City, New York; Polk
#3 family of Delaware (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
C. Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Polk
City, Florida, is named for
him. — The city
of Polk
City, Iowa, is named for
him. — The borough
of Polk,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Alexandria,
Virginia, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Goggans
— James
P. Willett
— J.
K. P. Carter
— J.
K. P. Marshall
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Sarah Polk (1803-1891) —
also known as Sarah Childress —
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., September
4, 1803.
First
Lady of the United States, 1845-49.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
14, 1891 (age 87 years, 344
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1848;
Governor
of Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Hawkins Polk (1815-1862) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., May 24,
1815.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1842-45; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Two Sicilies, 1845-47; major in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1851-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
16, 1862 (age 47 years, 206
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) —
also known as M. T. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 15,
1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876;
Tennessee
state treasurer, 1877-83.
Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, and lost a
leg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was was discovered
in the state treasury. Polk fled
to Texas, was arrested
there, and brought back to Nashville for trial.
Charged
with embezzlement,
he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of
"default of pay" -- but was convicted,
sentenced
to twenty years in prison,
and fined.
Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in the
meantime.
Died in Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
20, 1884 (age 52 years, 281
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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Tasker Polk (1861-1928) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, March
24, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1915-16.
Died in North Carolina, July 5,
1928 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Rufus King Polk (1866-1902) —
also known as Rufus K. Polk —
of Danville, Montour
County, Pa.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
23, 1866.
Democrat. Chemist;
iron
manufacturer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 17th District, 1899-1902; died
in office 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1900.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 5,
1902 (age 35 years, 194
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Danville, Pa.
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Albert Fawcett Polk (1869-1955) —
of Delaware.
Born in Frederica, Kent
County, Del., October
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1917-19.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1955 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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Richard Tyler Polk (1869-1962) —
also known as R. T. 'Top' Polk —
of Killeen, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., October
16, 1869.
Republican. Postmaster at Killeen,
Tex., 1898-1914, 1922-34 (acting, 1922).
Died in Bell
County, Tex., June 7,
1962 (age 92 years, 234
days).
Interment at Killeen City Cemetery, Killeen, Tex.
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Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943) —
also known as Frank L. Polk —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
Corporation counsel, New York City, 1914-15; Counselor, U.S. State
Department, 1915-19; Undersecretary of State, 1919-20; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1916.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1943 (age 71 years, 147
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Edwin Fitzhugh Polk (1888-1938) —
also known as E. F. Polk —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in West Point, Clay
County, Miss., August
18, 1888.
Democrat. Optometrist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
16, 1938 (age 50 years, 90
days).
Interment at Polk
Cemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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