Joel Roberts Poinsett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joel Roberts Poinsett

politician and diplomat

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1779

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1851

Profession: physician, politician, physicist, diplomat, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 – December 12, 1851) was an American physician and diplomat.
He was the first U.S.
agent in South America, a member of the South Carolina legislature and the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico, a Unionist leader in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis, Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren, and a co-founder of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science and the Useful Arts (a predecessor of the Smithsonian Institution).