Alexander Newman (October 5, 1804 – September 8, 1849) was an American politician fromVirginia.
Born nearOrange, Virginia, Newman had pursued in an academic course. He was married twice, first to Anne Maria Burwell née Brooke on February 21, 1826, and, after her death on May 15, 1836, to Eloisa Tomlinson in 1838. He had three children, Thomas Marshall Newman, William Alexander Newman and Roberta Newman to his first wife, and another son, Lewis Steenrod Newman, in 1839 to his second wife. He held several local offices before serving in theVirginia House of Delegates from 1836 to 1838 and in theVirginia Senate from 1841 to 1846. He was postmaster ofWheeling, Virginia (nowWest Virginia) from 1846 to 1849 and was elected inVirginia's 15th congressional district as aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from March 4, 1849 until his death on September 8, 1849, inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Newman was interred in First Street Cemetery then reinterred in 1904 at Mount Rose Cemetery inMoundsville, Virginia (nowWest Virginia).
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