Trusten Polk

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
12th Governor of Missouri
In office January 5, 1857 – February 27, 1857
Lieutenant	Hancock Lee Jackson
Preceded by	Sterling Price
Succeeded by	Hancock Lee Jackson
Personal details
Born	(1811-05-29)May 29, 1811 Bridgeville, Delaware
Died	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

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

• Trusten Polk at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 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	U.S. 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