Historical Marker

James K. Polk Record

Historical marker location:
Dallas, Texas
( Pioneer Cemetery, north side of Dallas Convention Center on Ceremonial Drive)
Marker installed: 1986

(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.