Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Charles Polk (1788-1857) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,November15, 1788.Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County, 1824;Governor ofDelaware, 1827-30, 1836-37.Died in Milford,KentCounty, Del.,October27, 1857 (age68 years, 346days).Interment atOldPresbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.  | James Knox Polk (1795-1849) — also known asJames K. Polk;"Young Hickory";"Napoleon of the Stump" —of Tennessee. Born in Pineville,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,November2, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1823-25;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9thDistrict 1833-39);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1835-39;Governor ofTennessee, 1839-41;Presidentof the United States, 1845-49.PresbyterianorMethodist.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died, ofcholera,in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 15,1849 (age53 years, 225days).Original interment atPolk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;reinterment in 1893 atTennesseeState Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atPolk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother ofWilliamHawkins Polk; married,January1, 1824, toSarahChildress (daughter ofJoelChildress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who marriedThomasJones Hardeman); uncle ofMarshallTate Polk andTaskerPolk; first cousin once removed ofEdwinFitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk(who marriedGeorgeDavis) andRichardTyler Polk; second cousin twice removed ofRufusKing Polk andFrankLyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed ofElizabethPolk Guest; second cousin four times removed ofRaymondR. Guest; third cousin once removed ofCharlesPolk andAugustusCaesar Dodge; fourth cousin ofTrustenPolk; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertFawcett Polk. | | | | Political families:Polk#2 family of Tennessee;Polk#1 family of New York City, New York;Polk#3 family of Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AaronV. Brown —JohnC. Frémont | | | | Polk counties inArk.,Fla.,Ga.,Iowa,Minn.,Neb.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofPolkCity, Florida, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofPolkCity, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofPolk,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inAlexandria,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — James K. PolkElementarySchool, inFresno,California, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James K. Polk (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesKnox Polk Hall—JamesP. Latta—JamesK. P. Fenner—J.K. P. Goggans—JamesP. Willett—J.K. P. Carter—J.K. P. Marshall | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.Haynes,JamesK. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.Bergeron,ThePresidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard,JamesK. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — EugeneIrving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac,JamesK. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — John Seigenthaler,JamesK. Polk: 1845 - 1849 | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | Peter Foster Causey (1801-1871) — also known asPeter F. Causey — of Milford,SussexCounty, Del.Born near Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,January11, 1801.Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839;Governor ofDelaware, 1855-59; defeated, 1846, 1850.Methodist.Died in Milford,SussexCounty, Del.,February15, 1871 (age70 years, 35days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Churchyard, Milford, Del. | | Trusten Polk (1811-1876) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,May 29,1811.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,1845-46; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri,1848;Governorof Missouri, 1857;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over hissupportfor secession.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,April16, 1876 (age64 years, 323days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | William Hawkins Polk (1815-1862) — of Tennessee. Born inMauryCounty, Tenn.,May 24,1815.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1842-45; U.S. Charge d'AffairestoTwo Sicilies, 1845-47; major in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1851-53.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December16, 1862 (age47 years, 206days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Columbia, Tenn. | | Marshall Tate Polk (1831-1884) — also known asM. T. Polk — of Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.Born in Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.,May 15,1831.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876;Tennesseestate treasurer, 1877-83.Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, during the Civil War, andlost aleg. In 1883, a $400,000 shortfall was wasdiscoveredin the state treasury. Polkfledto Texas, wasarrestedthere, and brought back to Nashville fortrial.Chargedwithembezzlement,he pleaded not guilty -- his lawyer argued he was only guilty of"default of pay" -- but wasconvicted,sentencedto twenty years inprison,andfined.Imprisonment was delayed pending his appeal, and he died in themeantime.Died in Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.,February20, 1884 (age52 years, 281days).Interment atPolkCemetery, Bolivar, Tenn. | | William Frederick Causey (1833-1902) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Milford,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Milford,SussexCounty, Del.,November28, 1833.Lawyer;member of Delaware state legislature, 1864-66;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1884-87.Methodist.Died in Milford,SussexCounty, Del.,October12, 1902 (age68 years, 318days).Burial location unknown. | | Tasker Polk (1861-1928) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born in Tennessee,March24, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 16th District, 1915-16.Died in North Carolina,July 5,1928 (age67 years, 103days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Warrenton, N.C. | | Albert Fawcett Polk (1869-1955) — of Delaware. Born in Frederica,KentCounty, Del.,October11, 1869.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1917-19.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February14, 1955 (age85 years, 126days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Georgetown, Del. | | Richard Tyler Polk (1869-1962) — also known asR. T. 'Top' Polk — of Killeen,BellCounty, Tex.Born inBellCounty, Tex.,October16, 1869.Republican. Postmaster atKilleen,Tex., 1898-1914, 1922-34 (acting, 1922).Died inBellCounty, Tex.,June 7,1962 (age92 years, 234days).Interment atKilleen City Cemetery, Killeen, Tex. | | Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) — also known asRuby R. Vale — of Milford,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,October19, 1874.Republican.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1916,1948(alternate).Methodist.FrenchHuguenot ancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanHistorical Association;PhiKappa Psi;ThetaNu Epsilon;Freemasons;UnionLeague.DiedJanuary2, 1961 (age86 years, 75days).Burial location unknown. | | Edwin Fitzhugh Polk (1888-1938) — also known asE. F. Polk — of Bolivar,HardemanCounty, Tenn.Born in West Point,ClayCounty, Miss.,August18, 1888.Democrat.Optometrist;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1916.Died in Tucson,PimaCounty, Ariz.,November16, 1938 (age50 years, 90days).Interment atPolkCemetery, Bolivar, Tenn.
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