Joel Roberts Poinsett
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Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American medical doctor, botanist, politician, and diplomat. S. agent in Hispanic America, a member of the South Carolina Legislature, and later a United States Representative from 1821 to 1825.
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Map of the Russian, Tartar and Persian areas through which Joel Poinsett traveled while in Europe
Armed Tartars on horses in 1813
The United States Frigate Essex arrived in Valparaíso, Chile in September 1813 at which time Poinsett received the first official news of the War of 1812
Statue of Joel Poinsett by Zan Wells (2001), Greenville, South Carolina.
The poinsettia, which takes its name from Poinsett.
Message of President Martin Van Buren nominating Joel Poinsett to be Secretary of War, March 7, 1837.
The graves of Joel & Mary Poinsett in Stateburg, SCAwards 1
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Doctors from United States 6
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Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American medical doctor, botanist, politician, and diplomat. He was the first U.S. agent in Hispanic America, a member of the South Carolina Legislature, and later a United States Representative from 1821 to 1825. In 1825, he was appointed by John Quincy Adams as the first United States Minister to Mexico, replacing envoy James Wilkinson, and serving through the first year of Andrew Jackson's administration in 1829. He represented the United States government to the First Mexican Empire, the Provisional Government, and the First Mexican Republic in Mexico City.
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