VanLeer Polk

VanLeer Polk
Born(1856-07-09)July 9, 1856
DiedDecember 19, 1907(1907-12-19) (aged 51)
OccupationsPolitician, diplomat
Parent(s)Andrew Jackson Polk
Rebecca Van Leer
RelativesWilliam Polk (paternal grandfather)
Antoinette Polk (sister)

VanLeer Polk (a.k.a. Van Leer Polk) (July 9, 1856 - December 19, 1907) was an American politician and diplomat from Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee Senate as a representative for Maury County in the 1890s. He was appointed Consul-General in Calcutta, India, and was one of six representatives of the United States at the 1906 Pan-American Conference. He was a member of the influential Van Leer family.

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