# Alexander Newman

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{{Short description|American politician (1804-1849)}}
'''Alexander Newman''' (October 5, 1804 – September 8, 1849) was an American politician from [Virginia](/source/Virginia).

==Life and career==
Born near [Orange, Virginia](/source/Orange%2C_Virginia), Newman had pursued in an academic course. He was married twice, first to Anne Maria Burwell née Brooke on February 21, 1826, and, after her death on May 15, 1836, to Eloisa Tomlinson in 1838. He had three children, Thomas Marshall Newman, William Alexander Newman and Roberta Newman to his first wife, and another son, Lewis Steenrod Newman, in 1839 to his second wife. He held several local offices before serving in the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates) from 1836 to 1838 and in the [Virginia Senate](/source/Virginia_Senate) from 1841 to 1846. He was postmaster of [Wheeling, Virginia](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia) (now [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia)) from 1846 to 1849 and was elected in [Virginia's 15th congressional district](/source/Virginia's_15th_congressional_district) as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) in 1848, serving from March 4, 1849 until his death on September 8, 1849, in [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania). Newman was interred in First Street Cemetery then reinterred in 1904 at Mount Rose Cemetery in [Moundsville, Virginia](/source/Moundsville%2C_West_Virginia) (now [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia)).

==See also==
*[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))

==External links==
{{CongBio|N000070}}
*{{Find a Grave|6814193}}

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