Adam Rankin Alexander (November 1, 1781 – November 1, 1848) was an American slave owner[1] and politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
Adam Rankin Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Davy Crockett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1781 Rockbridge County, Virginia |
| Died | November 1, 1848 (aged 67) Marshall County, Mississippi |
| Political party | Jacksonian Republican |
| Spouse | Leah Reagan Alexander |
| Children | Ebeneza Alexander Mary Melissa Alexander William Reagan Alexander Jane Maria Alexander James Henry Alexander Margaret Ann Alexander Joseph Brown Porter Alexander Benjamin Newton Alexander Martha Hill Alexander Samuel Blair Houston Alexander John Bell Pinkney Alexander |
| Profession | politician |
Biography
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Alexander was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, on November 1, 1781, to Oliver and Mary (née Craig) Alexander. Educator Eben Alexander was his grandson.[2]
Career
editDuring the War of 1812, Alexander served from October 4, 1813, to January 4, 1814. He served as a private in Captain William Dooley's Company; and as a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in Thomas McCrory's 2nd Regiment, West Tennessee Militia.
He married Leah Reagan, a Virginia native, on March 26, 1805, in Blount County, Tennessee.[3]
Alexander worked as a surveyor, and afterwards, he was the register of the land office for the tenth surveyors' district in Madison County, Tennessee. He was a member of the court of Madison County in 1821. He became a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1817.[4]
Elected as a Jacksonian Republican to the Eighteenth and as a Jacksonian to the succeeding Congress, Alexander served as a U.S. Representative from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827.[5] He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Twentieth Congress in 1827, and lost his seat to frontiersman Davy Crockett.[citation needed]
Alexander represented Shelby County, Tennessee, at the Tennessee constitutional convention in 1834. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1841 and 1843.[citation needed]
Death
editAlexander died on November 1, 1848, aged 67, in Marshall County, Mississippi. He is interred at Alexander-Pryor Family Cemetery, Laws Hill, Marshall County, Mississippi.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-01-14
- ^ "Orange County, North Carolina Genealogy and History". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ "Adam Rankin Alexander". Alabama Trails War of 1812. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Adam Rankin Alexander". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Adam Rankin Alexander". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ^ "Adam Rankin Alexander". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Adam Rankin Alexander (id: A000089)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.