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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Lewis Maxwell |
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West Union, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
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April 17, 1790
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| Died | February 13, 1862
(71 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | MAXWELL, Lewis, a Representative from Virginia; born in Chester County, Pa., April 17, 1790; moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800; completed a preparatory course; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, Va. (now West Virginia); member of the State house of delegates 1821-1824; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee; died in West Union, Doddridge County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 13, 1862; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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