Miles Poindexter was an American politician. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person As a Republican and later a Progressive, he served as a United States Representative and United States Senator. The United States Progressive Party of 1912 was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
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Early life
Poindexter was born in Memphis, Tennessee on April 22, 1868. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap He attended the Fancy Hill Academy in Virginia, and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he graduated with a law degree in 1891. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington Virginia, USA Lexington is an Independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Legal Career
After he graduated, he settled in Walla Walla, Washington, where he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law. Walla Walla is both the County seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, and the county's largest city In 1892 he became the prosecuting attorney of Walla Walla County. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the Common law Adversarial system, or the civil law Walla Walla County is a County located in the US state of Washington. He moved to Spokane, Washington in 1897 where he continued the practice of law. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He served as the assistant prosecuting attorney for Spokane County from 1898 to 1904, and as a judge of the superior court from 1904 to 1908. Spokane County is a County located in the state of Washington. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on A judge, or justice, is an Official who presides over a Court of law In Common law systems a superior court is a Court of general Competence which typically has unlimited Jurisdiction with regard to civil and Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
Political Life
He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress, and served from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1911. Dates of sessions March 4 1909 – March 4 1911 Special session of the Senate March 4 1909 – March Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was elected to the United States Senate in 1910 and was reelected in 1916, serving from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1923. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Poindexter left the Republican Party in 1913 to join the Progressive Party, rejoining the Republicans in 1915. The United States Progressive Party of 1912 was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. [1] He was unsuccessful in his candidacy for reelection in 1922. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Positions on Committees
- Chairman, United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department (Sixty-second Congress)
- United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty-second Congress, Sixty-sixth Congress and Sixty-seventh Congress)
- United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Sixty-second Congress)
- United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department (Sixty-third Congress and Sixty-fourth Congress)
- United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-fifth Congress)
Later life
Poindexter was appointed by President Warren Harding as Ambassador to Peru from 1923 to 1928. Dates of sessions March 4 1911 - March 4 1913 First session April 4 1911 - August 22 The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has jurisdiction over matters related to energy and nuclear waste policy territorial policy native Hawaiian Dates of sessions March 4 1911 - March 4 1913 First session April 4 1911 - August 22 Dates of sessions March 4 1919 - March 4 1921 First session May 19 1919 - November 19 This is a good image to keep in this article because it shows the Capital building in 1921 -->The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch Dates of sessions March 4 1911 - March 4 1913 First session April 4 1911 - August 22 Dates of sessions March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1915 Special session of the Senate March 4, 1913 - March Dates of sessions March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 First session December 6, 1915 - September 8 Dates of sessions March 4, 1917 - March 4, 1919 Special session of the Senate March 5, 1917 - March 16 President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2 1865 August 2 1923 was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack aged An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1928 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He returned to his home, ‘Elk Cliff,’ in Greenlee, Rockbridge County, Virginia, where he died September 21, 1946. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia. Lexington is an Independent city within the confines of Rockbridge County in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by William E. Humphrey |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd congressional district 1909–1911 |
Succeeded by William Leroy La Follette |
| Preceded by Samuel H. Piles |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Washington 1911–1923 Served alongside: Wesley L. Jones |
Succeeded by Clarence C. Dill |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by William E. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as William Ewart Humphrey ( 31 March 1862 - 14 February 1934) an American politician served as a member of the United States House These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The Third Congressional District of Washington encompasses the southernmost portion of Western Washington, from Olympia south to the Columbia River Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Leroy La Follette ( November 30, 1860 - December 20, 1934) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Samuel Henry Piles ( December 28, 1858 - March 11, 1940) was a United States Senator from Washington. Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889. Class 1 Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wesley Livsey Jones ( October 9, 1863 - November 19, 1932) was an American politician. Clarence Cleveland Dill ( September 21 1884 January 14 1978) was an American politician from the state of Washington. Gonzales |
United States Ambassador to Peru 20 April 1923–21 March 1928 |
Succeeded by Alexander P. Moore |
[[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]
References
- ^ U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > People > Senators > Senators Who Changed Parties During Senate Service (Since 1890)
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