Carl R. Polk (c. 1841–1926) was a farmer, state legislator, and judge in Arkansas. He was born a slave in Arkansas. He represented
Jefferson County, Arkansas, in the
Arkansas House of Representatives
The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the ...
in 1871 and 1881.
He was appointed a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
in 1871. His photograph was included in a composite of Arkansas House members in 1881.
See also
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African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
References
Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
1840s births
1926 deaths
American justices of the peace
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