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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Joel Roberts Poinsett |
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Charleston, South Carolina , United States |
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March 02, 1779
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| Died | December 12, 1851
(72 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | ...a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 2, 1779; spent his early childhood in England; returned to America in 1788; attended private school at Greenfield Hill, Conn., and later in Wandsworth, near London, England; studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and attended the military school in Woolwich, England; returned to Charleston, S.C., in 1800; studied law for a few months; traveled extensively in Europe from 1801 to 1809, returning to the United States for short intervals; sent to South America by President Madison in 1809 to investigate the prospects of the revolutionists there in their struggle for independence from Spain; returned to Charleston, S.C., in 1816; member of the State house of representatives 1816-1819; served as president of the board of public works; declined the offer of commissioner to South America by President Monroe; elected to the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1821, to March 7, 1825, when he resigned to enter the diplomatic service; Minister to Mexico 1825-1829; member of the State house of representatives, 1830-1831; Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Van Buren 1837-1841; died near what is now Statesburg, Sumter County, S.C., December 12, 1851; interment in the Church of the Holy Cross (Episcopal) Cemetery.
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