U.S. Congressman. Born in Boydton, Virginia, he graduated from the University of North Carolina, in 1811, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Boydton, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1815-19). In 1819, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, was a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth through the Twenty-second Congresses, serving until 1833. Declining re-nomination, he was again a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1845-46). He then retired from political life and managed his estate until his death at age 91 in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Sally Park Turner Alexander
1811–1889 (m. 1831)
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Robert Park Alexander
1838–1908
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![Bettie Baskervill]()
Bettie Park Alexander Baskervill
1839–1897
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![Mary Smith]()
Mary Rebecca Alexander Smith
1843–1926
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
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North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004
Mark Alexander
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
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North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976
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