Alexander C. Mitchell

Alexander C. Mitchell

Alexander Clark Mitchell (born October 11, 1860 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † July 7, 1911 in Lawrence , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between March and July 1911 he represented the second constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1867, Alexander Mitchell moved with his parents to Douglas County , Kansas. There he attended public schools. By 1889 he studied at the law school of the University of Kansas law. After his admission as a lawyer in the same year, he began to practice in Lawrence in his new profession. Between 1894 and 1898 he was a prosecutor in Douglas County. From 1904 to 1910 he was on the board of directors of the University of Kansas ( Board of Regents ); between 1907 and 1910 he was a member of a commission to review the laws of the state of Kansas.

Politically, Mitchell was a member of the Republican Party . From 1907 to 1911 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Kansas . In the congressional elections of 1910 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second district of Kansas , where he replaced Charles Frederick Scott on March 4, 1911 . Mitchell was only able to exercise this mandate for a little more than four months because he died on July 7, 1911.

Web links

• Alexander C. Mitchell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alexander C. Mitchell in the database of Find a Grave (English)