Trusten Polk

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Trusten Polk
Trusten Polk
In office
March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862
Preceded by Henry S. Geyer
Succeeded by John B. Henderson
Born May 29, 1811
Bridgeville, Delaware, USA
Died April 16, 1876
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Political party Democratic
Spouse Elizabeth Skinner Polk
Profession Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Religion Episcopalian

Trusten Polk (May 29, 1811 – April 16, 1876) was elected both Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator in 1856.

Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. A Democrat, 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 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.

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Preceded by
Sterling Price		 Governor of Missouri
January 5, 1857 – February 27, 1857		 Succeeded by
Hancock L. Jackson
Preceded by
Henry S. Geyer		 United States 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
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United States Senators from Missouri
Class 1: Benton • Geyer • Polk • Henderson • Schurz • Cockrell • Warner • Reed • Patterson • Truman • Briggs • Kem • Symington • Danforth • Ashcroft • Carnahan • Talent • McCaskill
Class 3: Barton • Buckner • Linn • Atchison • Green • Johnson • Wilson • Drake • Jewett • Blair • Bogy • Armstrong • Shields • Vest • Stone • Wilfley • Spencer • Williams • Hawes • Clark • Donnell • Hennings • Long • Eagleton • Bond
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