Stuart, Alexander
lawyer, jurist.
He was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Illinois in 1809; and in 1814 was transferred to a similar position in the territory of Missouri. a STUART, ALEXANDER HUGH H., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 2, 1807, in Staunton, Va.
In 1836 he was elected member of the house of delegates of Virginia from the county of Augusta, and was re-elected in 1837 and 1838. In 1841 he was elected a representative in congress from Virginia, and served until1843.
He was a presidential elector in 1848; and in 1850 was invited by President Fillmore to fill the office of secretary of the interior, which he held until 1853, and then returned to the practice of his profession in Staunton. In 1856 he was a member of the convention which nominated Mr. Fillmore for the presidency; and in 1857 was elected to the state senate of Virginia for four years.
He died Feb. 13, 1891, in Staunton, Va.