Alexander Newman

Alexander Newman (October 5, 1804 – September 8, 1849) was a politician from Virginia.

Born near Orange, Virginia, Newman had pursued in an academic course. He held several local offices before serving in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1836 to 1838 and in the Virginia Senate from 1841 to 1846. He was postmaster of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) from 1846 to 1849 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from March 4 until his death on September 8, 1849, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Newman was interred in Old First Street Cemetery in Moundsville, Virginia (now West Virginia).

See also

List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

External links

United States Congress. "Alexander Newman (id: N000070)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Alexander Newman at Find a Grave

Virginia's 15th congressional district
Madison Dawson Randolph Kerr Clay Kerr Lewis Tucker Barbour E. Lucas Mason W. Lucas Barton Steenrod Brown Newman Haymond Thompson Clemens (inactive 1853–present)

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