Miles Poindexter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Miles Poindexter

American politician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1868

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1946

Profession: judge, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Miles Poindexter

  • Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868 – September 21, 1946) was an American politician and author.
  • As a Republican and later a Progressive, he served as a United States Representative and United States Senator from the state of Washington.
  • Poindexter also served as United States Ambassador to Peru during the presidential administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Poindexter was raised in Virginia, received a law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1891 and moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where he practiced law and entered politics as a Republican.
  • He served as prosecuting attorney in Walla Walla, and then moved to Spokane, where he was assistant prosecuting attorney and a superior court judge. In 1908, Poindexter was elected to the U.S.
  • House.
  • He served one term (1909-1911), and was reelected in 1910.
  • He resigned before his new term began in March 1911 because the state legislature elected him to the U.S.
  • Senate.
  • He was reelected in 1916, and served from 1911 to 1923.
  • Poindexter became a Progressive Party member in 1913, but returned to the Republicans in 1915.
  • Poindexter was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1920, and for reelection to the Senate in 1922.
  • In 1923, Poindexter was appointed Ambassador to Peru.
  • He served until 1928, when he returned to Washington and waged an unsuccessful campaign for the Senate. After losing the 1928 election, Poindexter moved to Natural Bridge Station, Virginia.
  • He died there in 1946, and was buried at Fairmount Memorial Park in Spokane.

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