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Poindexter Dunn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	Lucien C. Gause
Succeeded by	William H. Cate
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office 1858
Personal details
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
Spouses	Ellenora Patton Dunn Anna Fussell Dunn
Children	Anna Mae Estes Dunn Dorothea Dunn (died as an infant in 1888.)
Alma mater	Jackson College, Columbia, Tennessee
Profession	Cotton planter lawyer politician orator
Military service
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 a Confederate Army veteran and American politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1879 to 1889.

Biography

Born in Wake County, North Carolina near Raleigh, 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 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.

Career

Dunn was elected to the State house of representatives in 1858, and was a successful cotton grower until 1861. He owned slaves. 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.

Congress

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses, Dunn served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1889. 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.

Later career

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.

Death

Dunn died in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas, on October 12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343 days). He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas.

References

1. "Poindexter Dunn". The Strangest Names In American Political History. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
2. "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-11
3. "Poindexter Dunn". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
4. "Poindexter Dunn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
5. "Poindexter Dunn". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

External links

• United States Congress. "Poindexter Dunn (id: D000552)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Poindexter Dunn at Find a Grave
• The Strangest Names In American Political History

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Dunn Farquhar Fowler Fithian Payne Grosvenor Greene Alexander Scott White Davis Bland Bradley Weichel Bland Hart Weichel Bonner Garmatz Sullivan Murphy Ashley Jones Studds
Italics indicates acting chairman

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas
Territory Bates Conway Sevier At-large Yell Cross Yell Newton Johnson Hynes Breckinridge
1st district Greenwood Hindman Roots Hanks Hodges Gause Dunn Cate Featherstone Cate McCulloch Macon Caraway Driver Gathings Alexander Lincoln Berry Crawford 2nd district Warren Rust Warren Rust Hinds Elliott A. A. C. Rogers O. P. Snyder Slemons Jones Breckinridge Little Brundidge W. Oldfield P. Oldfield Miller Mills Tucker Bethune T. Robinson Thornton V. Snyder Griffin Hill 3rd district Boles Edwards Boles Wilshire Gunter Wilshire J. Cravens J. H. Rogers McRae Dinsmore Floyd Tillman Fuller Ellis Fulbright Trimble Hammerschmidt T. Hutchinson A. Hutchinson Boozman Womack 4th district Gunter Peel J. H. Rogers W. Terry Reid Little W. B. Cravens O. Wingo E. Wingo W. B. Cravens W. F. Cravens Tackett Harris Pryor Thornton Anthony Dickey Ross Cotton Westerman 5th district Peel Dinsmore Reid Jacoway Ragon D. Terry Hays Alford 6th district Neill Brundidge J. Robinson S. Taylor C. Taylor Sawyer Reed Glover McClellan W. Norrell C. Norrell 7th district Wallace Goodwin Parks Kitchens Harris

• 1834 births
• 1914 deaths
• People from Wake County, North Carolina
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
• Arkansas lawyers
• American cotton plantation owners
• 19th-century American planters
• Confederate States Army officers
• People of Arkansas in the American Civil War
• Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly