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Alexander, Mark, son of Col. Robert Alex- a:ider, born in Mecklenburg county, Vir- ginia, February 7, 1792; attended the public schools and the University of North Caro- lina; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Boydton and Lombardy Grove, Virginia; member of house of dele- gates, 1817-1819; member of state constitu- tional convention, 1829 ; elected as a Demo- cratic Republican to sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty- first and twenty-second congresses, and served from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1833 ; died in Scotland Neck, Halifax county. North Carolina, October 7, 1833.

Allen, Robert, born in Woodstock, Vir- ginia, July 30, 1794; was graduated from Washington College; studied law, was ad- mitted to the bar, and began practice at Woodstock; was elected prosecuting attor- ney, lie was a state senator for five years; elected as a Democrat to the twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second congresses 1^ March 4. 1827-March 3, 1833). He died in Mount Jackson, Virginia.

Archer, William S. (q. v.).

Armstrong, William, born in Lisburn, Antrim county. Ireland, December 23, 1782; came to the United States in 1792, settling in \'irginia; studied law while a clerk in Winchester; was United States tax collector in 1S18-1819: member of house of delegates. 1822-1823; presidential elector. 1820-1824; elected as a Republican to nineteenth, twen- tieth, twenty-first and twenty-second con-

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gresses, serving from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1833.

Atkinson, Archibald, born in Isle of Wight county, Virginia, September 13, 1792; stud- ied law in law school of William and Mary College; served through the war of 1812 with Great Britain ; admitted to the bar and began practice in Smithfield; member for several terms of the state senate, and house of delegates; elected as a Democrat to the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth congresses, from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849; prosecuting attorney for Isle of Wight ccunty; died in Smithfield, Virginia, JanU' ary 16, 1872.

Austin, Archibald, born in Buckingham county, Virginia, August 11, 1772; studied law. was admitted to the bar, and practiced in his native county for over forty years; member of house of delegates, 1815-1816; elected as a Republican to fifteenth congress. March 4, 1817 to March 3. 1819: again a member of house of delegates, 1835- 1836, and 1836-1837; died in Buckingham county, Virginia, October 16, 1837.

Avcrett, Thomas H., native of Virginia; elected as a Democrat to thirty-first and thirty-second congresses, serving from March 4. 1849, to March 3, 1853.

Baker, John, a native of Virginia: studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced ; elected as a Federalist to the twelfth con- gress (March 4. 1811-March 3. 1813) : after retiring from congress, resumed practice; died in Shepherdstown, Virginia, August 18,

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