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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Hawkins POLK
(1815-1862)
POLK, William Hawkins,
(brother of James Knox Polk), a Representative from Tennessee; born
in Maury County, Tenn., May 24, 1815; attended the city schools,
Columbia, Tenn., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill in 1832 and 1833; was graduated from the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1839 and commenced practice in Columbia, Tenn.; member of the State
house of representatives 1842-1845; Minister to the Kingdom of
Naples and served from March 13, 1845, to August 31, 1847; served
as major of the Third Dragoons in the Mexican War in 1847 and 1848;
elected as an Independent Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress
(March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); resumed the practice of law; died in
Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1862; interment in Greenwood
Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
Bibliography
Bergeron, Paul H. “My Brother’s Keeper: William H. Polk
Goes to School.” North Carolina Historical Review 44
(Spring 1967): 188-204.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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