. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. GEN. STERLING PRICE. Majoi-Geneijil, his nauie becomino: a household word throuiihoiit theSouth for his oaUant service in behalf of the Confederacy, until it wasvan(][uished. At the close of the war, (len. Price located at St. Louis,eno-aoino- in the connnission business. His death occurred in that cityin ISIh. Trustkn Polk, twelfth Governor of Missouri, was born in Sussexcounty, Delaware, May 29, 1811; (graduated at Yale College in 1831,and studied law at Yale Law School. In 1835 he emic^rated to Mis-souri, cnoao-i
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. GEN. STERLING PRICE. Majoi-Geneijil, his nauie becomino: a household word throuiihoiit theSouth for his oaUant service in behalf of the Confederacy, until it wasvan(][uished. At the close of the war, (len. Price located at St. Louis,eno-aoino- in the connnission business. His death occurred in that cityin ISIh. Trustkn Polk, twelfth Governor of Missouri, was born in Sussexcounty, Delaware, May 29, 1811; (graduated at Yale College in 1831,and studied law at Yale Law School. In 1835 he emic^rated to Mis-souri, cnoao-int>: in the practice of his profession; durino; his absencefrom the state f >r the Ijenetit of his health, in 1845, he was chosen amember of the convention called to remodel the State Constitution;was a Presidential elector in 1848, and was elected Governor of Mis- 32 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL POLK. ^^S^^M^^ soLiri in 1856, but soon after re- signed for a seat in the UnitedStates Senate, for a term of sixyears, from March 4, 1857; was ap-jjointed a aieml)er on Foreign Af-fairs and Chiims; hnt on January1(>, 18(5j?, was expelled by the re-})ublican members upon the chargeof disloyalty. Gov. Polk was agentleman of clean habits and greathonor and sincerity. After theAvar his public acts were in the in-terest of his church and the cduca-tianal interests of the state. Hisdeath occurred in St. Louis in1870. Ujoon the resignation of(xovernor Polk, Lieutenant-Gover- ernor, Hancock Jackson, of Randolph county, performed the duties of Governor, until the special election in August, 1857. Robert M. Stewart, w^as Ijorn in New York, in 1815, where hereceived a good education; taught school; studied law and Avas admittedto the bar at Louisville, Kentucky;removed to JVIissouri in 1839 anda few years later located at , where he engaged in thepractice of his profession.
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