YEARS 1790-1862
OFFICE Representative
STATE Virginia
POLITICAL PARTY Adams, Anti-Jacksonian
WHICH CONGRESS SERVED 20th (1827-1829), 21st (1829-1831), 22nd (1831-1833)
Representative Lewis MAXWELL Biography
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. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
External Research Collections
West Virginia University Library Morgantown, WV Papers: 1825-1903. 162 items. Correspondence and other papers, relating chiefly to land and land transactions, railroad legislation and construction, and surfacing the Weston-Clarksburg road.
Bibliography
Lewis MAXWELL Committee Assignments
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