Miles Poindexter

Miles Poindexter
United States Senator
from Washington
In office
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923
Preceded bySamuel H. Piles
Succeeded byClarence Dill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byWilliam Leroy La Follette
United States Ambassador to Peru
In office
April 20, 1923 – March 21, 1928
PresidentWarren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Preceded byWilliam E. Gonzales
Succeeded byAlexander P. Moore
Personal details
Born(1868-04-22)April 22, 1868
Memphis, Tennessee, US
DiedSeptember 21, 1946(1946-09-21) (aged 78)
Rockbridge County, Virginia, US
Resting placeFairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington
Political partyRepublican
Other political
affiliations
Progressive (1913–1915)
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Gale Page (1866–1929) (m. 1892; died 1929)
Elinor Jackson Junkin Latane (m. 1936)
Children1
EducationWashington and Lee University
ProfessionAttorney

Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868 – September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican and briefly a Progressive, he served one term as a United States representative from 1909 to 1911, and two terms as a United States senator from 1911 to 1923, representing the state of Washington. Poindexter also served as United States Ambassador to Peru during the presidential administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.