George Poindexter
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican politician (1779-1853)
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George Poindexter was an American politician, lawyer, and judge from Mississippi. Born in Virginia, he moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1802. He served as United States Representative from the newly admitted state, was elected as Governor (1820-1822), and served as a United States senator.
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George Poindexter, 1808
Poindexter offered a $10 reward for the recovery of Jim, who had been trafficked from Kentucky, was "bold and rather impertinent in conversation," and whose literacy would have enabled him to forge a slave pass (Natchez Gazette, August 4, 1813)
1823 map of the Natchez District, showing Poindexter's plantation near the boundary line
Vintage hateration: this mock lost-and-found advertisement included a canny physical description of Poindexter ("One Cent Reward" Natchez Gazette, January 4, 1815)Politicians from United States 6
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United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1779 to 1853 · aged 74
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