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Leonidas Polk

1806 - 1864

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Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general, 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. He was a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a second cousin 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". His official portrait at the University of the South depicts him as a bishop with his army uniform hanging nearby. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Leonidas Polk is the 2,024th most popular military personnel (down from 1,976th in 2024), the 12,553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,020th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leonidas Polk ranks 2,024 out of 2,058. Before him are Islam Bibi, Daniel Hagari, John Buford, Stanley A. McChrystal, Richard Myers, and Sékouba Konaté. After him are Oleg Mityaev, Isaac Shelby, Crispus Attucks, Denys Prokopenko, Khattiya Sawasdipol, and William J. Hardee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Leonidas Polk ranks 63. Before him are Blanka Teleki, Heinrich Laube, Pascual Madoz, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. After him are John B. Floyd, William P. Fessenden, Henry A. Wise, and William Gilmore Simms. Among people deceased in 1864, Leonidas Polk ranks 73. Before him are William T. Anderson, John Clare, Robert Torrens, Benjamin Silliman, John Sedgwick, and William Smith O'Brien. After him is Henry Schoolcraft.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 12,557 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Sarris (1928), Hap Sharp (1928), Porter Wagoner (1927), Ivan Dresser (1896), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), and Mike Epps (1970). After him are Peter Laird (1954), Billy Powell (1952), Slim Whitman (1923), Michael Albert (1947), Robert Rodat (1953), and Dorothy Dalton (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Leonidas Polk ranks 189. Before him are Evan McMullin (1976), Earl Van Dorn (1820), George Rogers Clark (1752), John Buford (1826), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), and Richard Myers (1942). After him are Isaac Shelby (1750), Crispus Attucks (1723), William J. Hardee (1815), Henry Warner Slocum (1827), John S. Bull (1934), and Dan Caine (1968).

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