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Bookmark or Share- Poinsett, Joel Roberts - South Carolina EncyclopediaCongressman, diplomat, U.S. secretary of war. Poinsett was born on March 2, 1779, in Charleston, son of the Huguenot physician Elisha Poinsett and his English wife, Ann Roberts. As a child, Poinsett spent six years in England, where his formal education probably began.
- Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of ...An ambitious politician, financial investor and enslaver, Poinsett was a secret agent for the U.S. government in South America who fought for the Chilean army against Spain during Chile’s War for Independence in the early 1800s.
- HISTORY: Joel Roberts Poinsett and the poinsettiaIn 1825 President James Monroe appointed Poinsett as the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. Britain’s influence there was strong, and Poinsett urged independence from Europe under America’s Monroe Doctrine. He tried unsuccessfully to purchase Texas for the United States, thereby antagonizing Mexico.
- How Joel Poinsett, the Namesake for the Poinsettia, Played a Role in ...When Poinsett was United States Secretary of War in 1838, he presided over the United States Exploring Expedition, the first circumnavigation of the globe sponsored by the United States.
- Joel R. Poinsett | US Diplomat, Botanist & Politician | BritannicaJoel R. Poinsett was an American statesman noted primarily for his diplomacy in Latin America. A fervent liberal, he frequently meddled in the affairs of Latin American nations, incurring their animosity by his misdirected good intentions.
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