Lewis Maxwell Explained

Lewis Maxwell
State:Virginia
Term Start:March 4, 1827
Term End:March 3, 1833
Predecessor:William Smith
Successor:Edgar C. Wilson
Office2:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Term Start2:1821
Term End2:1824
Birth Date:17 April 1790
Birth Place:Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:West Union, Virginia, U.S.
Resting Place:Odd Fellows Cemetery
Party:Anti-Jacksonian
Otherparty:Adams
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Lewis Maxwell (April 17, 1790 – February 13, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Maxwell moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800.He completed a preparatory course.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, Virginia (now West Virginia).He served as member of the State house of delegates in 1821–1824.

Maxwell was elected as an Adams candidate to the 20th U.S. Congress (1827-1829).He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 21st and 22nd U.S. Congresses (1827–1833).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress).He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1832.He resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee.He died in West Union, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 13, 1862.He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.