# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonidas-polk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:12.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonidas-polk"
name: "Leonidas Polk"
slug: "leonidas-polk"
description: "Leonidas Polk 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. He is often erroneously referred to as \"Leonidas K. Polk\" but he had no middle name and never signed any documents as such."
tagline: "Confederate General (1806-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_General_Leonidas_Polk%2C_C.S.A.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1806-04-10"
deathDate: "1864-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.44
  momentum:             1.30001509889778
  historical:           15.13609066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Полк, Леонидас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيداس بولك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيداس بولك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "لئونیداس پولک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "لئونیداس پولک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%80%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "レオニダス・ポーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Polk"
    title: "Leonidas Polk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368292"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump