Background
Poindexter, George was born in 1779 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas and Lucy (Jones) Poindexter.
congressman governor of Mississippi senator
Poindexter, George was born in 1779 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas and Lucy (Jones) Poindexter.
General Mississippi Territory, 1803. Delegate to the United States Ho.
Member Mississippi Territorial Assembly, 1805. Member convention which framed 1st Mississippi Constitution, 1817. Member United States House of Representatives from Mississippi, 15th Congress, 1817-1819.
Member United States Senate from Mississippi, October 15, 1830-1835.
Married Lydia Carter. Married second, Agatha Chinn.