Alexander De Witt

Alexander De Witt

Alexander De Witt (born April 2, 1798 in New Braintree , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  January 13, 1879 in Oxford , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alexander De Witt received an academic education. He later worked in the textile industry. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1830 and 1836 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; in 1842, 1844, 1850 and 1851 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1853 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution . De Witt was initially a member of the Free Soil Party .

In the congressional elections of 1852 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Edward P. Little on March 4, 1853 . After a re-election as a candidate for the American Party , which he had since joined, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1857 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . In 1856 he was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Alexander De Witt worked again in the textile industry. He died in Oxford on January 13, 1879.

Web links

• Alexander De Witt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alexander De Witt in the database of Find a Grave (English)