Frank Polk

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Frank Polk

Frank Lyon Polk (* 13. September 1871 in Manhattan , New York City ; † 7. February 1943 in New York City) was an American lawyer , who from 1919 to 1920 as the United States Under Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State was. Following the resignation of Robert Lansing , he served from 14 February to 14 March 1920 as Acting Foreign Minister (Secretary of State ad interim) .

Life

Polk was a son of the doctor William Mecklenburg Polk and grandson of the Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA and general of the Confederate States Army (CSA) in the Civil War , Leonidas Polk . His other ancestors included his great-uncle Lucius Junius Polk, a cotton plantation owner and member of the Tennessee Senate , his great-grandcousin and US President James K. Polk , his great - cousin Lucius E. Polk , who also served as a general in the Confederate States Army, and his Cousin Rufus King Polk , who was a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania between 1899 and 1902 .

After attending school, Frank Polk himself began an undergraduate degree at Yale College , which he completed in 1894 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). There he joined the Scroll and Key secret society . A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Columbia University , he finished in 1897 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and then took up a position as a lawyer in New York City in the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell . In addition, he was involved in various committees and commissions of the city for the Democratic Party, for example from 1907 to 1909 as a member of the commission for the civil service and between 1907 and 1910 as a member of the education committee. On 24 January 1914 he was the then mayor of New York City , John Purroy Mitchel , a consultant for Corporate Law (Corporation Counsel) appointed.

On December 16, 1915 Polk moved as a legal advisor (Counselor) in the US State Department , where he succeeded Robert Lansing, who was appointed Secretary of State. A post he held until June 30, 1919 after which he was the first on July 1, 1919 States United United States Under Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State was and representatives of foreign ministers Lansing. He also acted as head of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in 1919 and, after the departure of US President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing in 1919, represented the USA at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 . Following the resignation of Robert Lansing, he served from 14 February to 14 March 1920 as Acting Foreign Minister (Secretary of State ad interim) . On June 15, 1920 he was replaced as Under Secretary of State by Norman Davis .

Polk then resumed his practice as an attorney and partner with the New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell . In 1923 he dissolved Henry Matson Waite as President of the National Municipal League and held this post until his replacement by Richard S. Childs in 1927. He was also manager of his law firm partner John W. Davis when he ran for the Democratic National Convention in 1924, on this was nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for the 1924 presidential election.

Web links

Commons : Frank Polk  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Entry on the page of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Counselors on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ^ Secretaries of State ad interim on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ↑ Under Secretaries of State on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Polk, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Polk, Frank Lyon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1943
Place of death New York City