Lewis Maxwell

Lewis Maxwell was a United [States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Maxwell moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800.
He completed a preparatory course.
He studied law.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] and commenced practice in Weston, Virginia.
He served as member of the State house of delegates in 1821–1824.
Maxwell was elected as an John [Quincy Adams|Adams] candidate to the 20th [United States Congress|20th] U.S. Congress.
He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 21st and 22nd U.S. Congresses.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the United [States Department of War|Department of War], Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.
He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1832.
He resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee.
He died in West Union, Virginia, February 13, 1862.
He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.