Lewis Maxwell was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Virginia

Virginia

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.

Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

, Maxwell moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800.
He completed a preparatory course.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 and commenced practice in Weston, Virginia (now West Virginia).
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1821-1824.

Maxwell was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth

20th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 Congress.
He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first

21st United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 and Twenty-second

22nd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...

 Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War

United States Department of War

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 (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832.
He resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee.
He died in West Union, Virginia

West Union, West Virginia

West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town in Doddridge County, West Virginia. The population was 806 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Doddridge County. The mayor is Robert Fetty as of 2011. The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S...

(now West Virginia), February 13, 1862.
He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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