Alexander Barrow
Alexander Barrow | |
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United States Senator from Louisiana | |
In office March 4, 1841 – December 29, 1846 | |
Preceded by | Robert C. Nicholas |
Succeeded by | Pierre Soulé |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, US | March 27, 1801
Political party | Whig |
Spouse | Mary Ann Barrow |
Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Planter |
Alexander Barrow I (March 27, 1801 – December 29, 1846) was a lawyer, slave owner,
Born near Nashville, Tennessee, to Willie Barrow and his first wife Jane Green, Barrow attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, from 1816 to 1818. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar, in 1822, commencing practice in Nashville.
Soon afterward he relocated to
Eventually, Alexander Barrow became involved in politics and was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he served for several years. While in state office, he denounced bans on slave imports, and said that the state's "wealth and property" were attributable "fair and fully upon the labor of slaves."[2]
In 1840 Barrow was elected a
Senator Barrow died in
Alexander and Mary Ann Barrow had three children, Alexander II, Willie Micajah, and Jane.
See also
References
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 19 January 2022, retrieved 25 January 2022
- ISBN 9780199751082.
- ^ Poore, Ben. Perley, Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, Vol.1, p.292 (1886).
- United States Congress. "Alexander Barrow (id: B000183)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Information of Barrow and his family <--broken link 26 Apr 2015.