Trusten Polk 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

Bridgeville, Delaware

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,436 people, 570 households, and 381 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,768.6 people per square mile . There were 636 housing units at an average density of 783.3 per square mile...

. A Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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, he served as Governor of Missouri from January 5, 1857, until February 27 when he resigned to become a U.S. Senator. Hancock Lee Jackson

Hancock Lee Jackson

Hancock Lee Jackson was an American lawyer and politician. As Lieutenant Governor he was the 13th Governor of Missouri in 1857, taking office after previous Democratic Governor Trusten Polk resigned on February 27, 1857. Jackson was succeeded by fellow Democrat Robert Marcellus Stewart...

 succeeded him as governor until the election of Robert Marcellus Stewart

Robert Marcellus Stewart

Robert Marcellus Stewart was the 14th Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the critical years just prior to the American Civil War.-Early years:...

.

Polk was expelled

Expulsion from the United States Congress

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 from the U.S. Senate January 10, 1862, for his support of the South

Confederate States of America

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 in the American Civil War

American Civil War

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. He was appointed as a colonel

Colonel (United States)

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 in the Confederate States Army

Confederate States Army

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, 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

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. He is buried there in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

External links

Retrieved on 2008-02-14

• Trusten Polk at the National Governors Association
  National Governors Association
  The National Governors Association , founded in 1908 as the National Governors' Conference, is funded primarily by state dues, federal grants and contracts and private contributions. NGA represents the governors of the fifty U.S. states and five U.S. territories The National Governors Association...