Mark Alexander, Jr. | |
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| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates fromMecklenburg County | |
| In office 1845 AlongsideWilliam Goode | |
| In office 1815 – 1818 AlongsideArmistead Burwell, Edward Tarry and Peyton Burwell | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Johnson |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | William McCoy |
| Succeeded by | James Gholson |
| Chairman of theCommittee 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 |
| Died | October 7, 1883(1883-10-07) (aged 91) |
| 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 |
Mark Alexander (February 7, 1792 – October 7, 1883) was a nineteenth-century lawyer and political figure fromVirginia.
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Born on a plantation nearBoydton, Virginia, Alexander attended the public schools as a child and graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina in 1811. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Boydton. He was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from 1815 to 1819 before he was elected aDemocratic-Republican,Crawford Republican andJacksonian to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1818, serving from 1819 to 1833, where he served as chairman of theCommittee on the District of Columbia from 1825 to 1829.
After declining renomination in 1832, he was a delegate to theVirginia 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 inScotland 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]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's 18th congressional district 1819–1823 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's 4th congressional district 1823–1833 | Succeeded by |
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