Governor
Trusten
W
Polk
Born in Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware
Ancestors 
Son of William Nutter Polk
and Levina (Causey) Polk
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in St Louis, Missouri
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2015
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| Preceded by 11th Governor Sterling Price Preceded by Henry S. Geyer |
Trusten Polk 12th Governor of Missouri  US Senator (Class 1) from Missouri[1]  |
Succeeded by 13th Governor Hancock Lee Jackson Succeeded by John B. Henderson |
Trusten Polk is Notable.
Biography
Trusten W Polk served as the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and United States Senator from 1857 to 1862. Polk was expelled from the Senate January 10, 1862, for his support of the South in the American Civil War. He was appointed as a Colonel in the Missouri State Guard under the command of Confederate General Sterling Price, and later served as a judge in the military courts of the Department of Mississippi in 1864 and 1865, until taken prisoner. After the war, Polk was a lawyer in St Louis, Missouri.[2][3]
Son of William Nutter Polk and Lavenia Causey. Husband of Elizabeth Newberry Skinner.[4] Final resting place in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St Louis, Missouri.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Expelled for supporting the rebellion in the American Civil War, vacant January 10, 1862 – January 17, 1862 when successor appointed.
- ↑ Polk, Trusten, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, accessed May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Trusten Polk, Wikipedia.org, accessed May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Trusten W Polk, FamilySearch.org, accessed May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Trusten W Polk, Find A Grave: Memorial #18506, accessed May 29, 2020.
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