Poindexter Dunn

Poindexter Dunn (born November 3, 1834 in Raleigh , North Carolina , † October 12, 1914 in Texarkana , Texas ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ). Between 1879 and 1889 he represented the first constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As early as 1837, the then three-year-old Poindexter Dunn came to Limestone County in Alabama with his father . There he attended public schools. He then studied until 1854 at Jackson College in Columbia ( Tennessee ). This was followed by a law degree. However, he was only admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1856, Dunn moved to St. Francis County , Arkansas. In 1858 he was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives. Until 1861 he worked as a cotton planter in Arkansas. During the Civil War he was captain in the army of the Confederate States . After his admission to the bar in 1867, he began working in his new profession in Forrest City .

In 1878 Dunn was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he replaced Lucien C. Gause on March 4, 1879 . After he was re-elected in the following four congressional elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1889 . From 1887 to 1889 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the American merchant navy and fisheries issues. In 1888 Dunn declined to run again.

After his time in Congress ended, he moved to Los Angeles , where he also worked as a lawyer. In 1893 he was appointed the Federal Government's Special Representative for Fraud Prevention in the Customs Department of New York City . Two years later he moved to Baton Rouge , Louisiana , where he got involved in the railroad business. Poindexter Dunn spent his twilight years in Texarkana from 1905, where he died in 1914.

Web links

• Poindexter Dunn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Poindexter Dunn in the database of Find a Grave (English)