Alexander Keith Marshall

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Alexander Keith Marshall (born February 11, 1808 in Versailles , Kentucky , †  April 28, 1884 in East Hickman , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alexander Marshall attended the public schools in his homeland. After that he settled in Nicholasville . After a subsequent medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his license as a doctor in 1844, he began to practice in Nicholasville in this profession. In 1849, Marshall was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Kentucky Constitution.

In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected as a candidate for the American Party in the eighth constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John C. Breckinridge on March 4, 1855 . By March 3, 1857, he completed a term in Congress that was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . After serving in the US House of Representatives, Marshall moved to Missouri for some time . He later returned to Kentucky. There he began working in agriculture in Fayette County . He died on April 28, 1884 near East Hickman.

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SURNAME Marshall, Alexander Keith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH near Versailles , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1884
Place of death East Hickman , Kentucky