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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAlexander DE WITT
(1798-1879)
DE WITT, Alexander, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Braintree, Mass.,
April 2, 1798; pursued an academic course; engaged in textile
manufacturing in Oxford; member of the State house of
representatives 1830-1836; served in the State senate in 1842,
1844, 1850, and 1851; member of the State constitutional convention
in 1853; elected as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-third
Congress and reelected as a candidate of the American Party to the
Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress;
resumed the manufacture of textiles; died in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., January 13, 1879; interment in South Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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