14 Facts About Joseph Poindexter

Joseph Boyd Poindexter was the eighth Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1934 to 1942.

Joseph Boyd Poindexter was born in Canyon City, Oregon to Thomas W and Margaret Poindexter.

Joseph Poindexter was admitted to the Montana Bar in 1892, and served as County Attorney of Beaverhead County, Montana from 1897 to 1903.

Joseph Poindexter was appointed judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Beaverhead, Madison, and Jefferson counties, Montana in 1909.

Joseph Poindexter later served as a district judge in Montana from 1909 to 1915, and he later served as Attorney General of Montana from 1915 to 1917.

Joseph Poindexter served in that capacity from May 14,1917, to February 16,1924.

Joseph Poindexter was appointed to the governorship of Hawaii by Roosevelt in 1934; he was reappointed to the governorship in 1938.

Joseph Poindexter was the only second territorial governor to that point to serve more than one term of office.

Joseph Poindexter mobilized the Hawaii Territorial Guard while the attack was still ongoing and appointed himself its captain general.

Joseph Poindexter remained in Hawaii and practiced law and in July 1943, the Hawaii supreme Court appointed him as one of the trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate.

Joseph Poindexter advocated for larger airports and other major public works projects, including roads, parks, schools and the Ala Wai Golf Course.

Joseph Poindexter's picture appeared on the cover of the July 23,1934 Times Magazine.

Joseph Poindexter is buried next to his wife Margaret in Mountain View cemetery in Dillion Montana.

Joseph Poindexter married Margaret Conger in Dillon, Montana on April 22,1897.