Alexander Mebane

Alexander Mebane (born November 26, 1744 in Hawfields , Alamance County , Province of North Carolina , †  July 5, 1795 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1795 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alexander Mebane grew up during the British colonial era and attended public schools in Orange County . In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution . In 1776 he was a delegate to the Provincial Congress for North Carolina. That same year he was a justice of the peace in his homeland and a year later, in 1777, he was sheriff in charge of Orange County police. In 1783 and 1784 he was an auditor in the Hillsboro District. He was also a delegate at meetings in 1788 and 1789 when the United States Constitution was discussed. The ratification of this constitution was initially postponed for one year in 1788 and did not take place until 1789. Mebane was meanwhile also brigadier general of the state militia.

Between 1787 and 1792, Mebane was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . He became an opponent of the federal government under President George Washington ( anti-administration ). In the congressional elections of 1792 he was elected in the fourth constituency of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives, which was still meeting in Philadelphia at that time , where he succeeded William Barry Grove on March 4, 1793 . Until March 3, 1795 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . He died just months later on July 5, 1795 in Hawfields. The place Mebane in North Carolina was named after him.

Web links

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