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Polk, Jefferson Scott

lawyer, railway president, was born Feb. 18, 1831, near Georgetown, Ky. He received his education at the Georgetown college, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. In 1856 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of law, and soon ranked with the ablest lawyers in the state. In 1885 he retired from the active practice of the law, and devoted his time and attention to his various personal interests; and has since then been engaged in promoting the building of various railroads leading into the city of Des Moines; in building other public improvements; and is largely interested in and president of the consolidated street railway system in the city of Des Moines.