Alexander S. Wallace

Alexander Stuart Wallace ( * December 30 1810 in York, York County, South Carolina, † June 27, 1893 ) was an American politician. Between 1870 and 1877 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alexander Wallace received a limited schooling. He then worked as a planter in his homeland. In addition, he began a career in politics. Between 1852 and 1866 he was deputy three times in the House of Representatives from South Carolina. After the end of the Civil War Wallace was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1868, there were an election challenge by Wallace, who lodged against the election results in favor of William Dunlap Simpson contradiction. The seat in the House of Representatives remained vacant until the decision on 27 May 1870. On this day, Alexander Wallace was declared elected. After three re- elections in 1870, 1872 and 1874, he was represented by 3 March 1877 fourth constituency of South Carolina in Congress. Between 1871 and 1873 he was chairman of the Committee on claims to the federal government from the revolutionary period.

In the elections of 1876 Wallace was defeated by Democrat John H. Evins. By 1969 it should be the last Republican who represented the fourth district of South Carolina in Congress. After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Wallace worked until his death in 1893 in agriculture.

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