Re: Alexander H. H. Stuart born Staunton, Va
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Alexander H. H. Stuart born Staunton, Va
11/25/00
I have more information you might be interested in. This is from the"Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971" published by the United States Government Printing Office, 1971, p. 1771:
"STUART, Alexander Hugh Holmes (cousin of Archibald Stuart [also listed]), a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Acadamy, and William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1828; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Staunton; member of the State house of delegates 1836-1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843);unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; presidential elector on the Whig ticket of Clay and Frelinghuysen in 1844 and of Taylor and Fillmore in 1848; served as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Fillmore from September 16, 1850, to March 6, 1853; member of the State senate 1857-1861; member of the State secession convention in 1861; delegate to the National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866; presidented credentials as a Member-elect to the Thirty-ninth Congress in 1865 but was not admitted; chairman of the committee of nine, which was instrumental in restoring Virginia to the Union in 1870; member of the State house of delegates from 1874 1o 1877; rector of the University of Virginia from 1874 to 1882; president of the Virginia Historical Society; resumed the practice of law; died in Staunton, Va., February 13, 1891; interment in Thornrose Cemetery."