VanLeer Polk

VanLeer Polk
BornJuly 9, 1856
DiedDecember 19, 1907
Occupation(s)Politician, diplomat
Parent(s)Andrew Jackson Polk
Rebecca Van Leer
RelativesWilliam Polk (paternal grandfather)
Antoinette Polk (sister)

VanLeer Polk (a.k.a. Van Leer Polk) (July 9, 1856 - December 19, 1907) was an American politician and diplomat from Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee Senate as a representative for Maury County in the 1890s. He was appointed Consul-General in Calcutta, India, and was one of six representatives of the United States at the 1906 Pan-American Conference. He was a member of the influential Van Leer family.

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