Sydenham B. Alexander
Sydenham Benoni Alexander (December 8, 1840 – June 14, 1921) was a
Early life
Alexander, born near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1840, attended preparatory schools in Rocky River and Wadesboro and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1860.[1] His uncle, William Graham, was Governor of North Carolina as well as Secretary of the Navy.[2]
Career
At the outbreak of the
After the Civil War, Alexander was a member of the
A Democrat, Alexander was elected to the U.S. House in 1890 and served in the 52nd and 53rd Congresses. He did not run for a third term in 1894, but retired to his "Enderly Plantation" estate in Mecklenburg County. He served one additional term in the North Carolina Senate in 1901.
Death and legacy
Alexander finally moved to Charlotte in 1906 and died there in 1921; he is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. His distant relatives include Vice President Adlai Stevenson and Senate Minority Leader John Sharp Williams.[5]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0837932017.
- ^ "Alexander, Sydenham Benoni | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
- ^ History of North Carolina: North Carolina since 1860, p. 226.
- ^ History of North Carolina: North Carolina since 1860, p. 228.
- ^ "ALEXANDER, Sydenham Benoni - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
External links
- United States Congress. "Sydenham B. Alexander (id: A000102)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
