1. Frank Polk was the son of William Mecklenburg Polk, the dean of the Cornell Medical School, and the grandson of Bishop and Confederate General Leonidas Polk, who was a cousin of US President James Polk.
14 Facts About Frank Polk
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Frank Polk graduated from Yale College in 1894 and Columbia University Law School in 1897.
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Frank Polk was a member of the Scroll and Key Society.
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In 1897, Polk began his law practice in New York City.
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Frank Polk served on a variety of City boards and commissions.
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Frank Polk was member of the civil service commission of New York from 1907 to 1909, and in 1907 and 1910 was a member of the New York City Board of Education.
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Frank Polk served in the Department of State as Counselor until 1919, US Under Secretary of State in 1919 and 1920, and then as Acting US Secretary of State in 1920.
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Frank Polk headed the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in 1919, and after President Woodrow Wilson's and Secretary Robert Lansing's departure from Paris in 1919, he represented the United States at the Paris peace conference.
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Frank Polk managed the 1924 Democratic presidential convention campaign of John W Davis, another name partner of his law firm.
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Frank Polk served as president of the New York Public Library from April 13,1932 until his death on February 7,1943.
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Frank Polk's portrait was painted by Sir Oswald Birley in 1923.
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Frank Polk was elected a member of the North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati in 1919.
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Frank Polk was a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor.
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Frank Lyon Polk died on February 7,1943, in New York City.