Miles Poindexter COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: MA Date: 11/15/55 MILES POIflDEXTER (1863 - 194-6) The papers of Senator Miles Poindexter of Spokane, Washington, lawyer, judge, member of Congress for one term and of the Senate for two (1911-23) including the early years of the Federal Reserve System, were given to the University of Virginia and are housed in the Alderman Library there• Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 165 Approximate number of items: 800,000 The major part of this collection (750,00C items) was photo­ graphed by automatic cameras tjome time ago at a cost of $5>0Q0 for the University of Washington at Seattle and Washington State College at Pull­ man, These microfilms may be borrowed from the Washington colleges by properly qualified scholars needing them in research. The Alderman Library at Virginia has a key to the system by which the papers are filed, and a typed "table of contents," The latter can be copied if desired for this Federal Reserve project. The Poindexter collection is open for research by qualified students. The usual courtesies are expected in regard to quotation in print. Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Miles Poindexter II - 2 - Biographical Note 1868, Apr. 22 Born, Memphis, Tennessee 1891 LL.B., Washington and Lee University 1891 Moved to Walla Walla, Washington; entered politics 1892 Elected prosecuting attorney of Walla Walla County 1892, June 16 Married Elizabeth Gale Page (dec.) (l son) 1897 Moved to Spokane 1898-1904 Assistant prosecuting attorney, Spokane County 1904-08 Judge, Superior Court 1909-11 Member, 61st Congress (Republican), 3rd Wash, district 1911-23 U.S. Senator from Washington, 2 terms 1920 Candidate for Presidential nomination at Republican Convention 1923-28 Ambassador to Peru 1946, Sept. 21 Died Author of: Ayar-Incas. Peruvian Pharoahs. Periodical articles. See J Who Was Who in America, 1943-50, vol. II, Marquis Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.