Joel Roberts Poinsett
U.S. Congressperson
1779 – 1851
Who was Joel Roberts Poinsett?
Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American physician and diplomat. He was the first U.S. agent in South America, a member of the South Carolina legislature and the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico, a U.S. Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren, and a cofounder of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science and the Useful Arts, as well as the eponym of Poinsett County, Arkansas; Poinsett Highway, Poinsett Bridge, and Poinsett State Park in South Carolina; Lake Poinsett in South Dakota; and the poinsettia, a popular Christmas plant.
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- Born
- Mar 2, 1779
Charleston - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Carolina
- Died
- Dec 12, 1851
Stateburg
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on July 23, 2013
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