| 词条 | Poindexter Dunn |
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| name = Poindexter Dunn | image = | state1 = Arkansas | district1 = 1st | term_start1 = March 4, 1879 | term_end1 = March 3, 1889 | preceded1 = Lucien C. Gause | succeeded1 = William H. Cate | office2 = Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | term2 = 1858 | birth_date = {{birth-date|November 3, 1834}} | death_date = {{death-date and age|October 12, 1914|November 3, 1834}} | birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina | death_place = Texarkana, Texas | citizenship = {{US}} | spouse = Ellenora Patton Dunn Anna Fussell Dunn |children = Anna Mae Estes Dunn Dorothea Dunn (died as an infant in 1888.) | profession = cotton planterAttorney politician orator | party = Democrat | alma_mater = Jackson College, Columbia, Tennessee | residence = |nickname = |allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States of America}} |branch = {{army|CSA}} |service_years = |rank = Captain |unit = |commands = |battles = American Civil War |awards = |}} Poindexter Dunn (November 3, 1834 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. BiographyBorn near Raleigh, North Carolina, Dunn was the son of Grey and Lydia Baucum Dunn. He moved with his father to Limestone County, Alabama, in 1837. He attended the country schools, and was graduated from Jackson College, Columbia, Tennessee, in 1854. He studied law, and moved to St. Francis County, Arkansas, in 1856. He married to a Ms. Ellenora (also spelled Ellanora) Patton. Later, he remarried to another Arkansas resident, Anna Fussell, with whom he had two daughters, Anna Mae Estes Dunn and Dorothea Dunn who died as an infant in 1888.[1] CareerDunn was elected to the State house of representatives in 1858, and was a successful cotton grower until 1861. He served as a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Continuing his study of the law, he was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Forrest City, Arkansas. Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses, Dunn served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1889.[2] He served as chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fiftieth Congress). Not a candidate for renomination in 1888, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and continued the practice of law. Appointed a special commissioner for the prevention of frauds on the customs revenue, Dunn moved to New York City in 1893. He moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1895 and engaged in the construction of railroads, until he settled in Texarkana, Texas, in 1905.[3] DeathDunn died in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, on October 12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343 days). He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Poindexter Dunn|url=http://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/2013/05/poindexter-dunn-1834-1914.html|publisher=The Strangest Names In American Political History|accessdate=25 June 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Poindexter Dunn|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/poindexter_dunn/403659|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=25 June 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Poindexter Dunn|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000552|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=25 June 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Poindexter Dunn|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=25 June 2013}} External links{{CongBio|D000552}}
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