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See also
Frank
Henry Cooney —
Parke
Poindexter Deans —
Poindexter
Dunn —
Meredith
Poindexter Gentry —
Joseph
Edward Lumbard —
Abram
Poindexter Maury —
William
Poindexter Thomasson |
| | Poindexter,
Bernard See James Bernard Poindexter,
Sr. |
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Poindexter, Charles D. —
of Glade Hill, Franklin
County, Va.
Republican. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates 9th District; elected 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Poindexter, David W. —
of Ashton, Spink
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Member
Dakota territorial council, 1889.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, Don —
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1978.
Still living as of 1978.
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Poindexter, Emmet —
of Louisa, Louisa
County, Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1944.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, F. M. —
of Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1928;
delegate
to Montana convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, Gamiel G. —
of Surry, Surry
County, Va.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
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Poindexter, George
(1779-1853) —
of Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss.; Wilkinson, Wilkinson
County, Miss.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., 1779.
Mississippi
territory attorney general, 1803-07; member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1806; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1807-13; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1813-17; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1817-19; defeated,
1820, 1822; Governor of
Mississippi, 1820-22; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1830-35.
Died September
5, 1853 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Poindexter, Harry C. —
of Indiana.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Poindexter, J.
Bernard See James Bernard Poindexter,
Sr. |
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Poindexter, J. W. —
of Virginia.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1880.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, James Bernard, Sr.
(1902-1975) —
also known as J. Bernard Poindexter —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Guyandotte, Cabell
County, W.Va., January
26, 1902.
Son of James Chalmers Poindexter and Maria (Tauber) Poindexter.
Democrat. Dentist;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1955-56,
1959-66; defeated, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Psi
Omega; American
Dental Association.
Died in 1975
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, Joe —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Dakota, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Poindexter, Joseph Boyd
(1869-1951) —
also known as Joseph B. Poindexter —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Canyon City, Grant
County, Ore., April 14,
1869.
Democrat. District judge in Montana, 1909-15; Montana
state attorney general, 1915-17; U.S.
District Judge for Hawaii, 1917-24; Governor of
Hawaii Territory, 1934-42; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1936,
1940.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, December
3, 1951 (age 82 years, 233
days).
Interment somewhere
in Dillon, Mont.
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Poindexter, Miles
(1868-1946) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 22,
1868.
Republican. State court judge in Washington, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1923-28.
Died in Greenlee, Rockbridge
County, Va., September
21, 1946 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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Poindexter, T. W., Jr. —
of Montana.
Montana
state auditor, 1897-1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, Thomas L. —
of Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1954; candidate for
circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1974.
Still living as of 1974.
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Poindexter, Thomas W. —
of Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1928; candidate for New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Poindexter, William
Anderson —
U.S. Vice Consul in Dundee, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
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