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Photographer: Charles Fenderich, Library of Congress
Caption: Joel Roberts Poinsett
March 2, 1779 – December 12, 1851
Additional Description: U.S. Special Agent to Latin American Counties 1810-1814
S.C. House of Rep 1816-1820
S.C. Board of Public Works 1818-1820
U.S. House of Rep from S.C. 1821-1825
Sp U.S. Envoy to Mexico 1822-1823
U.S. Amb to Mexico 1825-1830
S.C. House of Rep 1830-1833
U.S. Sec of War 1837–1841
Submitted: March 21, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p184561
File Size: 0.056 Megabytes

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