Miles Poindexter

Miles Poindexter
United States Senator from Washington
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by	Samuel H. Piles
Succeeded by	Clarence Dill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	William Leroy La Follette
United States Ambassador to Peru
In office April 20, 1923 – March 21, 1928
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	William E. Gonzales
Succeeded by	Alexander P. Moore
Personal details
Born	(1868-04-22)April 22, 1868 Memphis, Tennessee, US
Died	September 21, 1946(1946-09-21) (aged 78) Rockbridge County, Virginia, US
Resting place	Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane, Washington
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Progressive (1913–1915)
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Gale Page (1866–1929) (m. 1892; died 1929) Elinor Jackson Junkin Latane (m. 1936)
Children	1
Education	Washington and Lee University
Profession	Attorney
Miles Poindexter's voice Miles Poindexter‘s “Criminal Enemies of Social Order” speech (recorded 1920)

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.