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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeMeredith Poindexter GENTRY
(1809-1866)
GENTRY, Meredith
Poindexter, a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Rockingham County, N.C., September 15, 1809; moved with his parents
to Williamson County, Tenn., in 1813; completed preparatory
studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Franklin, Tenn.; member of the State house of
representatives 1835-1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); on
account of the death of his wife refused to be a candidate for
renomination in 1842; again elected to the Twenty-ninth and to the
three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1853);
chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirtieth Congress); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1852; unsuccessful candidate for
Governor of Tennessee in 1855; retired to his plantation in
Tennessee, where he remained until 1861; member of the First and
Second Confederate Congresses 1862-1863; died in Nashville, Tenn.,
November 2, 1866; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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