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Poinsett, Joel Roberts – Pollard, Henry M

Poinsett, Joel Roberts

congressman, author, was born March 2, 1779, in Charleston, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1821 to 1825. He was appointed United States minister to Mexico; and was secretary of war under President Van Buren. He was a botanist of some note, the genus Poinsettia having been named in his honor; and the author of Notes on Mexico, made in 1822. He died Dec. 14, 1851, in Statesburg, S. C.

Poland, John Scroggs

soldier, educator, author, was born Oct. 14, 1836, in Princeton, Ind. In 1886 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the twenty-first infantry. He has published Digest of the Military Laws of the United States.

Polk, Charles

state senator, governor, was born in 1787 in Kent county, Del. He served in the Delaware state senate; was register of wills for a long time; and was collector of customs. He was twice governor of the state, once by election, and once by substitution as speaker of the senate. He died Oct. 28, 1857.

Polk, John A

farmer, legislator, was born March 12, 1829, in Nelson county, Ky. He has given much of his time to grange and farmers' institute work; and for two terms was a representative in the Indiana state legislature. He is president of the Indianapolis, Greenwood and Franklin Electric railroad.

Polk, Lucius Eugene

soldier, state senator, was born July 10, 1833, in Salisbury, N. C. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the confederate army as a private under Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne, but was soon commissioned first lieutenant. He was rapidly promoted until he was made brigadier-general in 1862. In 1884 he was a delegate to the national democratic convention at Chicago, and in 1887 became a member of the senate of the state of Tennessee.

Polk, Milton D

journalist, lawyer, legislator, was born March 29, 1858, in New Castle, Ind. His father was born in South Carolina, of the same family as James K. Polk. He received his education in the Nebraska state university. During 1888-89 he represented his county in the Nebraska state senate; has practiced law since 1890 in Plattsmouth, Neb.; and since 1891 has been editor and owner of the Daily News and the News-Herald of that city.

Polk, Trusten

lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born May 29, 1811, in Sussex county, Del. In 1856 he was elected governor of Missouri; and resigned for a seat in the United States senate, to which he was elected for a term of six years from March 4, 1857. He was expelled for disloyalty Jan. 10, 1862. He died April 16, 1876, in St. Louis, Mo.

Polk, William

patriot, was born July 9, 1758, in Mecklenburg county, N.

C. In 1787 he was elected a member of the general assembly; and in 1812 was appointed a brigadier-general in the regular army. He died Jan. 4, 1834, in Raleigh, N. C.

Polk, William Hawkins

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born May 24, 1815, in Maury county, Tenn.

In 1841 and 1843 he was elected a representative in the Tennessee state legislature; and was appointed charge d' affaires to Naples, where he negotiated a treaty with the Two Sicilies. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1851 to 1853. He was a brother of President Polk. He died Dec. 16, 1862, in Nashville, Tenn.

Pollard, Henry M

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born June 14, 1836, in Plymouth, Vt. In 1865 he moved to Chillicothe, Mo., and practiced law. He was elected to the forty-fifth congress.