Poindexter Dunn | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | Lucien C. Gause |
| Succeeded by | William H. Cate |
| Member of theArkansas House of Representatives | |
| In office 1858 | |
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| Born | Poindexter Dunn November 3, 1834 (1834-11-03) Wake County, North Carolina, United States |
| Died | October 12, 1914 (1914-10-13) (aged 79) Texarkana, Texas |
| Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Alma mater | Jackson College,Columbia, Tennessee |
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| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service |  Confederate States Army |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Poindexter Dunn (November 3, 1834 – October 12, 1914) was aConfederate Army veteran andAmerican politician who served five terms as aU.S. Representative fromArkansas from 1879 to 1889.
Born inWake County, North Carolina nearRaleigh, Dunn was the son of Grey and Lydia Baucum Dunn. He moved with his father toLimestone County, Alabama, in 1837. He attended the country schools, and was graduated from Jackson College,Columbia, Tennessee, in 1854. He studied law, and moved toSt. Francis County, Arkansas, in 1856. He married 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]
Dunn was elected to the State house of representatives in 1858, and was a successful cotton grower until 1861. He owned slaves.[2] He served as a captain in theConfederate States Army during theCivil War. Continuing his study of the law, he wasadmitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law inForrest City, Arkansas.
Elected as aDemocrat to theForty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses, Dunn served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1889.[3] He served as chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fiftieth Congress). Not a candidate for renomination in 1888, he moved toLos 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 toBaton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1895 and engaged in the construction of railroads, until he settled inTexarkana, Texas, in 1905.[4]
Dunn died in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, on October 12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343 days). He isinterred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas.[5]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's 1st congressional district 1879–1889 | Succeeded by |
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