# Alexander De Witt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_De_Witt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_De_Witt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_De_Witt > Source revision: 1328810030 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Alexander De Witt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2025) Alexander De Witt From the Clara Barton Papers in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Circa 1855. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 Preceded by Edward P. Little Succeeded by Eli Thayer Member of the Massachusetts Senate In office 1842 1844 1850 1851 Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1830–1836 Personal details Born (1798-04-02)April 2, 1798 New Braintree, Massachusetts Died January 13, 1879(1879-01-13) (aged 80) Oxford, Massachusetts Party Democratic Free-Soil American Party Republican Party **Alexander De Witt** (April 2, 1798 – January 13, 1879) was a 19th-century [American politician](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from the state of [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). Born in [New Braintree, Massachusetts](/source/New_Braintree%2C_Massachusetts), De Witt worked in textile manufacturing in [Oxford, Massachusetts](/source/Oxford%2C_Massachusetts). Active in politics as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), he was elected to the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) in 1830, serving until 1836. He served in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate) in 1842, 1844, 1850, and 1851.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] An anti-slavery activist, De Witt later joined the [Free Soil Party](/source/Free_Soil_Party). As a Free Soiler he was elected to the [United States Congress in 1853](/source/33rd_United_States_Congress). In January 1854, he was one of six signatories of the "Appeal of the Independent Democrats", drafted to oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act. After the demise of the Free Soil Party, De Witt joined the [American Party](/source/Know_Nothing), then the only major party with an anti-slavery platform. He won a second term in 1854, and served in the [34th Congress](/source/34th_United_States_Congress).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He was defeated in his 1856 bid for reelection and returned to his previous work as a textile manufacturer. De Witt later became a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), and supported the [Union](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War) by participating in efforts to recruit and equip soldiers for Massachusetts regiments. De Witt died in Oxford on January 13, 1879. He is buried in Oxford's South Cemetery.[1] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Town of Oxford, MA - Rules and Regulations](http://www.town.oxford.ma.us/Pages/OxfordMA_Cemetery/regs) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] ## External links - United States Congress. ["Alexander De Witt (id: D000282)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000282). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. - [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - ["Alexander De Witt"](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7499348). [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave). Retrieved September 3, 2010. U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Edward P. Little Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 Succeeded by Eli Thayer Authority control databases International VIAF FAST WorldCat National United States People US Congress v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. 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Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexander De Witt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_De_Witt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_De_Witt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.