MILITARY PERSONNEL

Leonidas Polk

1806 - 1864

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Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was an American Confederate military officer, a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana and founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, which separated from the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. He was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a first cousin twice removed of President James K. Polk. He resigned his ecclesiastical position to become a major-general in the Confederate States Army, when he was called "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonidas Polk has received more than 636,219 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonidas Polk is the 1,974th most popular military personnel (down from 1,610th in 2019), the 11,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,751st in 2019) and the 176th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leonidas Polk ranks 1,974 out of 2,058. Before him are Igor Konashenkov, George Henry Thomas, John Buford, Abu Azrael, Igor Sergun, and Abu Anas al-Libi. After him are James L. Jones, Vitaly Gerasimov, Zaza Gogava, John O'Connor, Kenneth Anderson, and Richard Myers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Leonidas Polk ranks 63. Before him are Blanka Teleki, Christian August Friedrich Peters, Henry Kellett, William Fothergill Cooke, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. After him are John B. Floyd, Henry A. Wise, William P. Fessenden, and William Gilmore Simms. Among people deceased in 1864, Leonidas Polk ranks 71. Before him are Adelaide Anne Procter, Jacques Jasmin, John Clare, William T. Anderson, Juris Alunāns, and John Sedgwick. After him are Benjamin Silliman, William Smith O'Brien, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 11,019 out of 20,380. Before him are Dick Richards (1936), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), Robert Mercer (1946), Sam Hanks (1914), Jack Jones (1938), and Susan Anton (null). After him are James L. Jones (1943), Elliott Nugent (1896), Clifford Jordan (1931), Michael Chabon (1963), Allan Arbus (1918), and Harriet Hosmer (1830).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 176. Before him are George Rogers Clark (1752), Sterling Price (1809), David Dixon Porter (1813), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), George Henry Thomas (1816), and John Buford (1826). After him are James L. Jones (1943), John O'Connor (1920), Richard Myers (1942), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), William J. Hardee (1815), and John Kirby (1963).

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