George Poindexter - Judgeship and The House of Representatives

Judgeship and The House of Representatives

Poindexter was a judge for the Mississippi Territory from 1813 to 1817. He served as a volunteer aide at the decisive Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Poindexter was chairman of the committee that was appointed to draft a constitution for the new state of Mississippi. After admission in 1817, he was elected to be the state's first representative in Congress. He served in the 15th Congress from 1817 to 1819, when he chaired the Committee on Public Lands. Poindexter was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1820 to the 17th Congress and in 1822 to the 18th Congress.