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George Poindexter (* 1779 im Louisa County, Virginia; † 5. September 1853 in Jackson, Mississippi) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat Mississippi in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat und auch als dessen Gouverneur amtierte.
George Poindexter (1779 – September 5, 1853) 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 .
A contemporary historian wrote that the history of George Poindexter’s public career is “the history of the Territory and the State of Mississippi, so closely and prominently was he connected with everything that occurred.” Poindexter, who was born in Louisa County, Virginia, on 19 April 1779, received an irregular education even by the standards of […]
George Poindexter war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat Mississippi in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat und auch als dessen Gouverneur amtierte.
Poindexter was elected president pro tempore of the U. S. Senate in 1834. At the 1817 Constitutional Convention, Poindexter was chairman of the committee that drafted the constitution and is generally recognized as the “Father of Mississippi’s First Constitution.”
In the 1940s, George Poindexter developed a passion for abstract art that began with confusion about the new trends in art that was so powerful that it drove him to learn, understand, and champion this era of art, the first in American history that has tremendous influence on artists abroad.
1779 - 1853. George Poindexter seemed a good candidate for romantic leanings. But romantic, said those who knew him, was not the word to describe his nature. As Mississippi Territory Attorney General, Poindexter was a young man on the rise in 1804. That year he wedded one of the most beautiful girls in Natchez country; 14-year-old Lydia Carter.
