VanLeer Polk

VanLeer Polk
VanLeer Polk
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 Flourney Rivers, 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

Garrett, Jill K. (Spring 1970). "St. John's Church, Ashwood". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 29 (1): 3–23. JSTOR 42623126.
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
"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.

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[garrett-1] Garrett, Jill K. (Spring 1970). "St. John's Church, Ashwood". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 29 (1): 3–23. JSTOR 42623126.

[connie-2] 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

[palestinedailylucky-3] "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.