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Lewis Maxwell

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Lewis Maxwell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 21st district
In office
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byWilliam Smith
Succeeded byEdgar C. Wilson
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office
1821–1824
Personal details
Born(1790-04-17)April 17, 1790
Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 13, 1862(1862-02-13) (aged 71)
West Union, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeOdd Fellows Cemetery
Political partyAnti-Jacksonian
Other political
affiliations
Adams
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Lewis Maxwell (April 17, 1790 – February 13, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

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Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Maxwell moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800. He completed a preparatory course. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, Virginia (now West Virginia). He served as member of the State house of delegates in 1821–1824.

Maxwell was elected as an Adams candidate to the 20th U.S. Congress (1827-1829). He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 21st and 22nd U.S. Congresses (1827–1833). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress). He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1832. He resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee. He died in West Union, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 13, 1862. He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Lewis Maxwell (id: M000269)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 21st congressional district

1827–1833
Succeeded by