Poindexter Dunn

Poindexter Dunn

Poindexter Dunn (November 3, 1834 - October 12, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Born near Raleigh, North Carolina, Dunn 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.He moved to St. Francis County, Arkansas, in 1856.

Dunn was elected to the State house of representatives in 1858.He engaged in cotton growing until 1861.He served as a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.He was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Forrest City, Arkansas.

Dunn was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1889).He served as chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Fiftieth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888.He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1888 and continued the practice of law.He was appointed a special commissioner for the prevention of frauds on the customs revenue, New York City, in 1893.He moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1895 and engaged in the construction of railroads.He settled in Texarkana, Texas, in 1905, and died there on October 12, 1914.He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.

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