Career
Poynter worked as a rancher and a farmer in Boone County, Nebraska, and became active in politics. He helped organize the Farmers' Alliance and was elected to the Nebraska State Legislature in 1884. He was elected to the Nebraska State Senate and named President Pro Tempore of that body.
Poynter was nominated again in 1892, but he was defeated by Republican George D. Meiklejohn. He served as a member of the State Legislature for nearly two decades before being elected governor in 1898. Poynter served only one term as Governor, being defeated in 1900 by Charles H. Dietrich. When he retired from public life, he remained active in his own business affairs and was also President of the Security Savings and Loan Association.
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