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William Hawkins Polk (May 24, 1815 – December 16, 1862) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from 1851 to 1853. He was the younger brother of President James K. Polk.
28 de abr. de 2022 · William Hawkins Polk (May 24, 1815 – December 16, 1862) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from 1851 to 1853.
William Hawkins Polk (1815–1862) State of Residence: Tennessee. Chargé d’Affaires (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) Appointed: March 13, 1845 Presentation of Credentials: July 24, 1845 Termination of Mission: Left post about May 11, 1847; Department History.
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 ...
William Hawkins Polk was born in 1815, son of Samuel Polk and Jane Knox, brother to James Knox Polk (1795-1849), 11th President of the United States. He died in late 1862 and his remains were taken Columbia, Tennessee, under a flag of truce [1] [2] to be interred at the Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Maury, Tennessee.
William H. Polk's Mission to Naples. 1845-1847. By Howard R. Marraro. William Hawkins Polk,1 a native of Maury County, Tennessee, merits the distinction of having carried to a successful conclusion, in December, 1845, the first treaty of commerce and navigation. tween the United States and the Kingdom of The Two Sicilies. For more than two ...
William Hawkins Polk was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district from 1851 to 1853.
