Records of William Polk on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Polk and the Polk Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Polk Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Polk family tree.

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Some Famous People called William Polk

William Hawkins Polk

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. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1841–1845), served as U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1845–1847), and fought as a major in the Mexican–American War.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Polk supported the Union. He ran for Governor of Tennessee in 1861, but lost to the secessionist incumbent, Isham G. Harris.

Source: William Hawkins Polk, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

William Benjamin Polk

William Benjamin "Ben" Polk (January 24, 1930 – October 1, 2014) was an American politician.

Ben Polk was born in Hamburg, Iowa. Polk went to the Percival High School in Percival, Iowa He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1956. He went to the University of Illinois and the University of Nebraska. Polk lived in Moline, Illinois. He worked for the American Red Cross and served on the staff of Congressman Tom Railsback. Polk served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1972 to 1982 and was a Republican. In April 1982, Ben Polk resigned from the Illinois General Assembly, when he was appointed assistant director of the Illinois Department on Aging. Polk taught at Lincoln Land Community College and Springfield College in Illinois; he also taught at Edison State College in Fort Myers, Florida. He lived in South Pasadena, Florida, after retiring, and died in South Pasadena.

Source: William Benjamin Polk, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Polk

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