# Alexander Barrow > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Barrow > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Barrow.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Barrow > Source revision: 1347269200 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician (1801–1846) Alexander Barrow 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 (1801-03-27)March 27, 1801 Nashville, Tennessee, US Died December 29, 1846(1846-12-29) (aged 45) Baltimore, Maryland, US 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,[1] and [United States senator](/source/United_States_senator) from [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana). He was a member of the [Whig Party](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)). He was the half-brother of [Washington Barrow](/source/Washington_Barrow), sharing the same father. Born near [Nashville, Tennessee](/source/Nashville%2C_Tennessee), to Willie Barrow and his first wife Jane Green, Barrow attended the [United States Military Academy](/source/United_States_Military_Academy) in [West Point, New York](/source/West_Point%2C_New_York), from 1816 to 1818. Then he [studied law](/source/Reading_law) and was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States), in 1822, commencing practice in Nashville. Soon afterward he relocated to [Feliciana Parish, Louisiana](/source/Feliciana_Parish%2C_Louisiana), where he continued to [practice law](/source/Practice_of_law). Later he abandoned his legal career to become a [planter](/source/Planter_(American_South)). Eventually, Alexander Barrow became involved in politics and was elected to the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/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 [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate), serving from 1841 until his death. There he was Chairman of the [Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds](/source/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Public_Buildings_and_Grounds) during the [27th Congress](/source/27th_United_States_Congress) and of the [Committee on the Militia](/source/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Militia) during the 27th and [28th Congresses](/source/28th_United_States_Congress). According to longtime Washington journalist [Benjamin Perley Poore](/source/Benjamin_Perley_Poore), Barrow was "the handsomest man in the Senate."[3] Senator Barrow died in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore), [Maryland](/source/Maryland), on December 29, 1846. His remains were interred in the family cemetery on [Afton Villa plantation](/source/Afton_Villa_Gardens), near [Bayou Sara, Louisiana](/source/Bayou_Sara%2C_Louisiana). Alexander and Mary Ann Barrow had three children, Alexander II, Willie Micajah, and Jane. ## See also - [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899)) - [Robert Ruffin Barrow](/source/Robert_Ruffin_Barrow) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Congress slaveowners"](https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-congress-slaveowners), *The Washington Post*, 19 January 2022, retrieved 25 January 2022 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ford, Lacy K (2009). *Deliver Us from Evil: The Slavery Question in the Old South*. Oxford University Press. p. 452. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780199751082](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199751082). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Poore_3-0)** [Poore, Ben. Perley, *Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis*, Vol.1, p.292 (1886)](https://archive.org/details/perleysreminisce00poor/page/n301/mode/1up?view=theater). - United States Congress. ["Alexander Barrow (id: B000183)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000183). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. - [Information of Barrow and his family](https://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/westfeliciana/bios/barrowal.txt) <--*broken link 26 Apr 2015.* ## External links - [Alexander Barrow](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9191956) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave) U.S. Senate Preceded by Robert C. Nicholas U.S. senator (Class 2) from Louisiana March 4, 1841 – December 29, 1846 Served alongside: Alexandre Mouton, Charles M. Conrad and Henry Johnson Succeeded by Pierre Soulé v t e United States senators from Louisiana Class 2 Destréhan Posey Brown Claiborne Johnson Bouligny Livingston Waggaman Nicholas Barrow Soulé Downs Benjamin Harris West Kellogg Gibson Caffery Foster Ransdell H. Long tenure R. M. Long Ellender Edwards J. B. Johnston Landrieu Cassidy Class 3 Magruder Fromentin Brown J. S. Johnston Porter Mouton Conrad Porter Johnson Soulé Slidell Kellogg Eustis Jonas Eustis White Blanchard McEnery Thornton R. Broussard Guion Gay E. Broussard Overton Feazel R. B. Long Breaux Vitter Kennedy Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States People US Congress Other IdRef Open Library SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexander Barrow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Barrow) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Barrow?action=history)). 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