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Polk (name)
Polk may refer to the following people: ;Given name *Polk, a Paiute (Native American) chief (see Bluff War) *Polk Laffoon (1844–1906), American lawyer and U.S. Representative from Kentucky *Polk Miller (c. 1840–1913), American pharmacist, musician, and Confederate soldier *Polk Robison (1912–2008), American collegiate basketball and football coach and athletics administrator ;Surname * Albert Fawcett Polk (1869–1955), American lawyer and United States representative from Delaware * Antoinette Polk, Baroness de Charette (1847–1919), American Southern belle and French aristocrat by marriage *Aysia Polk (born 1990), American actress *Benjamin Polk (1916–2001), American designer and architect * Carlos Polk (born 1977), American retired National Football League player * Charles Polk, Jr. (1788–1857), American farmer and politician * Chris Polk (born 1989), American football running back * DaShon Polk (born 1977), American football player *Doug Polk (born 1988), American p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluff War
The Bluff War, also known as Posey War of 1915, or the Polk and Posse War, was one of the last armed conflicts between the United States and Ute and Paiute Native Americans (Indians) in Utah. In March 1914, several Utes accused Tse-ne-gat (also known as ''Everett Hatch''), the son of the Paiute Chief Narraguinnep ("Polk"), of murdering a shepherd named Juan Chacon. When a posse attempted to arrest Tse-ne-gat in February 1915, the Paiute and Ute bands headed by Polk and Posey resisted and several people on both sides were killed or wounded. The conflict took place near the town of Bluff, Utah. In March 1915, after negotiations, Polk surrendered Tse-ne-gat to U.S. Army General Hugh L. Scott. In July 1915 he was found innocent of murder in a trial in Denver. Background In the early 20th century the rugged desert country north of the San Juan River in southeastern Utah was occupied by several bands of Ute and Paiute Indians. The band of "Chief Posey" consisted of about 100 men, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Porterfield Polk
Grace Mae Porterfield Polk (September 1875 – April 8, 1965) was an American composer, singer, and poet, and founder of the American Song Composers' Festival. Early life Grace Mae Porterfield was born in Preble County, Ohio and raised in Richmond, Indiana, where she lived from 1882 till 1903. She was the daughter of David Porterfield and Minerva Jane Garland Porterfield. She graduated from the Cincinnati College of Music, and studied voice with Oscar Saenger in New York. Career Polk was a soprano singer, composer and writer of popular songs. She was first National Junior Counselor of the National Federation of Music Clubs, and founder of the American Song Composers' Festival, an annual event held in Greenwood, Indiana from 1920 to 1922. "In this quiet little Indiana town I will aim to bring together the song composers of the land so the young and ambitious may meet the veterans and successful members of the profession," she explained in 1919. She established the Grace P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Childress Polk
Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the first lady of the United States from 1845 to 1849. She was the wife of the 11th president of the United States, James K. Polk. Well educated in a successful family, Sarah met her future husband at a young age. They never had children of their own, though they did foster relatives. Socially keen and well informed, Sarah helped her husband's career with her hosting skills and advised him on political matters at times, though she stayed out of the public limelight. Following her husband's death in 1849, Sarah had a 42-year widowhood, the longest of any First Lady. Early life and education Sarah Childress was born in 1803 to Elizabeth Whitsitt and Joel Childress, a prominent planter, merchant, and land speculator—the third of their six children. She was well educated for a woman of her time and place, attending the exclusive Moravians' Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1817, one of the few institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus King Polk
Rufus King Polk (August 23, 1866 – March 5, 1902) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1902. Life and career Rufus K. Polk was born in Columbia, Tennessee, the son of Confederate States Army Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk and great-nephew of Leonidas Polk. He attended Webb's Academy in Culleoka, Tennessee, graduated from Lehigh University in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1887, and took a post-graduate course in mining engineering. He settled in Danville, Pennsylvania, and was employed as a chemist. He held supervisory positions with several steel companies and ultimately became engaged in the manufacture of structural iron. He served as first lieutenant of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish–American War. He was a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention. Polk was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served until his death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Polk
Ronald George Polk (born January 12, 1944) is an American professional coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. He was a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered to be the "Father of Southeastern Conference Baseball." Polk compiled one of the most successful winning records, as a coach, in both MSU and Southeastern Conference history. In 31 seasons as an SEC coach he compiled a 1218-638-2 () record. His career record stands at 1373-702-2. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time wins list nationally for 10+ year Division I coaches. His teams won five SEC championships and five SEC tournament championships. His teams participated in the NCAA tournament twenty-three times, and reached the College World Series eight times. There were 185 players who played under him as a Head Coach, who signed professional baseball contracts, and 23 of these players played in the major leagues. He coached 35 All-Americans and 76 All-Southeastern Conference players. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Polk
Oscar Polk (December 25, 1899 – January 4, 1949) was an American actor. He portrayed the servant Pork in the film ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939). Career His most memorable scene in that film comes when Pork discloses to Scarlett O'Hara, portrayed by Vivien Leigh, that the back property taxes on Tara are $300. He was married to Ivy V. Polk (née Ivy Parsons), who also had an uncredited role in ''Gone with the Wind''. Together they had a son, Oscar Polk Jr. On January 4, 1949, Oscar Polk was fatally struck by a taxi cab as he stepped off a curb in Times Square in New York City ten days after his 49th birthday. At the time of his death, he was scheduled to have a major role in the play ''Leading Lady'', and he was replaced by Ossie Davis. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Long Island, New York. Theatre credits Broadway *''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1927) *'' Once in a Lifetime'' (1930) *''Both Your Houses'' (1933) *''The Green Pastures'' (1935) *'' You Can't Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makai Polk
Makai Polk (born August 4, 2001) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at University of California, Berkeley, California before transferring to Mississippi State University, Mississippi State. Early life and high school Polk grew up in Richmond, California and initially attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School before transferring to El Cerrito High School before his senior year. College career Polk began his collegiate career with the California Golden Bears football, California Golden Bears. He finished his freshman season with 19 receptions for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns. Polk played in four games in the Golden Bears' COVID-19-shortened 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season, 2020 season and caught 17 passes for 183 yards and one touchdown. After the end of the season, Polk entered the transfer portal. Polk ultimately transferred to Mississippi State. He was named a starter going into his first season with the team and led the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Ann Polk
Lucy Ann Polk (May 16, 1927 – October 10, 2011) was an American jazz singer who performed with Les Brown's orchestra in the 1950s. She also sang and recorded with Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey, and Dave Pell. Career Polk began her music career with her sister and brothers in a quartet named the Four Polks, which was eventually changed to the Town Criers. They performed with big bands led by Les Brown, Lionel Hampton, and Kay Kyser until they disbanded in 1948. Polk became the lead vocalist with the Les Brown Orchestra. From 1952–1954, she was named Best Girl Singer with Band by ''Down Beat'' magazine. She began her solo career with the album ''Lucy Ann Polk with the Dave Pell Octet'' (Trend, 1954), followed by ''Lucky Lucy Ann'' (Mode, 1957; reissued by Interlude under the name ''Easy Livin'' in 1959). The latter album featured arrangements by Marty Paich. On both albums, she sang jazz and traditional pop songs by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Hoagy Carmichael, Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Junius Polk
Lucius Junius Polk (1802–1870) was an American politician and planter from Tennessee. Early life Lucius Junius Polk was born in 1802 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was Colonel William Polk. He moved to Maury County, Tennessee, in 1823. Career Polk served in the Tennessee Senate from 1831 to 1833.Richard QuinHamilton Place ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', December 25, 2009 He served as Adjutant General for the state of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853. Polk was also a wealthy cotton planter. He owned 30 slaves in 1836 and 52 slaves in 1840. He was a Knight Templar. Personal life Polk married Mary Ann Eastin, a grand-niece of Rachel Jackson (the wife of President Andrew Jackson) in April 1832. Their wedding took place at the White House in Washington, D.C. They resided at Hamilton Place near Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee. The population was 41,690 as of the 2020 United States census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonidas Lafayette Polk
Leonidas Lafayette Polk (April 24, 1837 – June 11, 1892), or L.L. Polk, was an American farmer, journalist and political figure. He was a leader of the Farmers' Alliance and helped found the Populist Party. Life and career Polk was born in Anson County, North Carolina. He fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America, and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Returning to North Carolina after the war, Polk founded the town of Polkton, incorporated in 1875, where he started a weekly newspaper called ''The Ansonian''. Through it he advocated for farmers and for the Grange movement. Polk, a distant relative of President James K. Polk, became active in state politics, serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1865–66. In 1877, he was appointed the first North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture and served until 1880. An agricultural collection he established as Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonidas Polk
Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. He was a slaveholding planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in the Confederate States Army, when he was called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop". His official portrait at the University of the South depicts him dressed as a bishop with his army uniform hanging nearby. He is often erroneously referred to as "Leonidas K. Polk," but he had no middle name and never signed any documents as such. Polk was one of the more notable, yet controversial, political generals of the war. Recognizing his indispensable familiarity with the Mississippi Valley, Confederate president Jefferson Davis commissioned his e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James K
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
