Mark Alexander (February 7, 1792 – October 7, 1883) was a nineteenth-century lawyer and political figure from Virginia.
Mark Alexander, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Mecklenburg County | |
| In office 1845 Alongside William Goode | |
| In office 1815 – 1818 Alongside Armistead Burwell, Edward Tarry and Peyton Burwell | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Johnson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | William McCoy |
| Succeeded by | James Gholson |
| Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia | |
| In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Gershom Powers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1792 Boydton, Virginia |
| Died | October 7, 1883 (aged 91) Scotland Neck, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Scotland Neck, North Carolina |
| Political party | Crawford Democratic-Republican (before 1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacksonian (after 1825) |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
Biography
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Born on a plantation near Boydton, Virginia, Alexander attended the public schools as a child and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Boydton. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1815 to 1819 before he was elected a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1818, serving from 1819 to 1833, where he served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia from 1825 to 1829.
After declining renomination in 1832, he was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention from 1829 to 1830 and was again a member of the House of Delegates from 1845 to 1846. Alexander then retired from political life and engaged in managing his large plantation until his death in Scotland Neck, North Carolina on October 7, 1883. He was interred in Episcopal Church Cemetery in Scotland Neck.
Alexander was a slave owner.[1] He owned a plantation that had, depending on estimates, between 30 and 100 slaves.[2][3]
Elections
edit- 1823; Alexander was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives unopposed.
- 1825; Alexander was re-elected unopposed.
- 1827; Alexander was re-elected unopposed.
- 1829; Alexander was re-elected unopposed.
- 1831; Alexander was re-elected unopposed.
References
edit- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-01-14
- ^ "Fact Friday 101 – A Notable Slave Cemetery Near UNCC". 704 Shop. June 2, 2017. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Alexander, Mark | NCpedia". ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Mark Alexander (id: A000099)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.