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{{Infobox person | name = Carl R. Polk | image ={{photo}} | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Arkansas | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = American | citizenship = United States of America | other_names = | occupation ={{unbulleted list| Farmer| State legislator| Judge}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Carl R. Polk''' was a farmer, state legislator, and judge in Arkansas. He was born in Arkansas and had been enslaved.<ref>https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D1089%26context%3Detd</ref> He represented Jefferson County, Arkansas in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1871 and 1881.<ref>https://web.saumag.edu/library/files/2018/09/Arkansas-African-American-Legislators-List.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwia9eK2scLuAhW6SjABHSmQAWk4ChAWMBF6BAgAEAE&usg=AOvVaw2nQGsQXPCWMUtGh1KwB0lV</ref> He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1871.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15214969/carl-polk/|title=Carl Polk|date=January 17, 1872|pages=1|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> His photograph was included in a composite of Arkansas House members in 1881.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/general-assembly-composites/3|title=1881 House of Representatives composite photo of the Twenty-Second General Assembly of the State of Arkansas|first=R.|last=Dawson|date=December 31, 1881|journal=Arkansas General Assembly composite images, 1866-2011}}</ref> {{External Link}} [[Category:American farmers]] [[Category:American State legislatures]] [[Category:Arkansas state court judges]]
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