Mark Alexander (politician)
Mark Alexander, Jr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia | |
| In office March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Nelson (18th) William McCoy (4th) |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Johnson (18th) James Gholson (4th) |
| Constituency | 18th district (1819-23) 4th district (1823-33) |
| Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia | |
| In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Gershom Powers |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Mecklenburg County | |
| In office 1845 Serving with William Goode | |
| Preceded by | William Baskerville |
| Succeeded by | Edwin A. Williams |
| In office 1815 – 1818 Serving with Armistead Burwell, Edward Tarry and Peyton R. Burwell | |
| Preceded by | John C. Goode |
| Succeeded by | David Shelton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1792 "Salem" plantation, Mecklenburg County, Virginia |
| Died | July 5, 1883 (aged 91) |
| Resting place | Scotland Neck, North Carolina |
| Party | Crawford Democratic-Republican (before 1825) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacksonian (after 1825) |
| Children | 4 sons, four daughters |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
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Mark Alexander (February 7, 1792 – July 5, 1883) was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer, planter and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives before possibly becoming the richest man in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. However, the American Civil War ruined him financially, and he died at the North Carolina home of his daughter and son-in-law.