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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriAlexander GRAVES
(1844-1916)
GRAVES, Alexander, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Mount Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., August 25, 1844; attended Centre College, Danville,
Ky.; at the outbreak of the Civil War joined the Confederate Army
and served under Gen. N.B. Forrest; paroled with him at
Gainesville, Ala., in May 1865; after being mustered out returned
to college and was graduated from Oakland (later Alcorn)
University, Mississippi, in July 1867; studied law; was graduated
from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in June 1869;
was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Lexington, Mo.; city
attorney in 1872; prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County, Mo., in
1874; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884
to the Forty-ninth Congress; continued the practice of law until
his death in Lexington, Mo., on December 23, 1916; interment in
Machpelah Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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