James K. Polk Record
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This medallion and plate stand next to Record's grave in Pioneer Cemetery, behind the Dallas Convention Center.
Waymark Code: WM3WWH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2008
Views: 33
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Record, James K. Polk
Address: Pioneer Cemetery
City: Dallas
County: Dallas
Subject Codes: state official; law, lawyers
Year Marker Erected: 1986
Designations: na
Marker Location: north side of Dallas Convention Center on Ceremonial Drive
Marker Size: Grave Marker
Marker Number: 6835
Marker Text:
(Oct. 29, 1834 - Jan. 16, 1872)
Educated in Tennessee as a lawyer, J. K. P. Record became the District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He left that office to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but returned here after the conflict. In 1866 he became a state Senator and served as a delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1866. He later practiced law in Dallas and was an active member of the Masons and the Odd Fellows organizations.
Recorded - 1986
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