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Trusten Polk

United States Senator from Missouri
In office March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862
Preceded by	Henry S. Geyer
Succeeded by	John B. Henderson
Personal details
Born	(1811-05-29)May 29, 1811 Bridgeville, Delaware
Died	April 16, 1876(1876-04-16) (aged 64) St. Louis, Missouri
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Skinner Polk
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Religion	Episcopalian
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Trusten Polk (May 29, 1811 – April 16, 1876) served as both the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.

Biography [edit]

Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. A Democrat, he was elected Governor of Missouri in 1856 and served from January 5, 1857, until February 27 when he resigned to become a U.S. Senator. Hancock Lee Jackson succeeded him as governor until the election of Robert Marcellus Stewart.

Polk was expelled from the U.S. Senate January 10, 1862, for his support of the South in the American Civil War. He was appointed as a colonel in the Confederate States Army, and later served as a judge in the military courts of the Department of Mississippi in 1864 and 1865.

After the war, Polk was a lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri. He is buried there in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

External links [edit]

Trusten Polk at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
"Trusten Polk". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
Trusten Polk at the National Governors Association

Political offices
Preceded by Sterling Price	Governor of Missouri January 5, 1857 – February 27, 1857	Succeeded by Hancock L. Jackson
United States Senate
Preceded by Henry S. Geyer	United States Senator (Class 1) from Missouri March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862 Served alongside: James S. Green and Waldo P. Johnson	Succeeded by John B. Henderson

v t e Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Missouri

Governors	McNair Bates Williams Miller Dunklin Boggs Reynolds M. Marmaduke Edwards King Price Polk H. Jackson Stewart C. Jackson Gamble Hall Fletcher McClurg Brown Woodson Hardin Phelps Crittenden J. Marmaduke Morehouse Francis Stone Stephens Dockery Folk Hadley Major Gardner Hyde Baker Caulfield Park Stark Donnell Donnelly Smith Donnelly Blair Dalton Hearnes Bond Teasdale Bond Ashcroft Carnahan Wilson Holden Blunt Nixon

Lieutenant Governors	Ashley Reeves Dunklin Boggs Cannon Marmaduke Young Price Brown Jackson Reynolds Hall Smith Stanard Gravely Johnson Coleman Brockmeyer Campbell Morehouse Claycomb O'Meara Bolte Lee Rubey McKinley Gmelich Painter Crossley Lloyd Bennett Winter Harris Davis Blair Long Bush Eagleton Morris Phelps Rothman Woods Carnahan Wilson Maxwell Kinder

v t e United States Senators from Missouri

Class 1	Benton Geyer Polk Henderson Schurz Cockrell Warner Reed Patterson Truman Briggs Kem Symington Danforth Ashcroft Carnahan Talent McCaskill

Class 3	Barton Buckner Linn Atchison Green Johnson Wilson Brown Drake Jewett Blair Bogy Armstrong Shields Vest Stone Wilfley Spencer Williams Hawes Clark Donnell Hennings Long Eagleton Bond Blunt

Authority control	VIAF: 29409772

Persondata
Name	Polk, Trusten
Alternative names
Short description	Confederate Army officer and politician
Date of birth	May 29, 1811
Place of birth	Bridgeville, Delaware
Date of death	April 16, 1876
Place of death	St. Louis, Missouri

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