Augustus Maxwell

Augustus Emmett Maxwell ( born September 21, 1820 Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia; † May 5, 1903 in Chipley, Florida) was an American lawyer and politician. He acted as deputy to the State of Florida in the U.S. Congress and as a senator in Konföderiertenkongress.

Career

Augustus Maxwell graduated in 1841 from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where he received his Bachelor of Laws. After that, he was in 1843 admitted to the Bar Association of Alabama. After he had practiced for some time as a lawyer in Eutaw ( Alabama), he moved in 1845 to Tallahassee, Florida. In the same year, Florida became a U.S. state.

Political career

Maxwell was in the years 1846 and 1847 Attorney General of Florida and 1847 deputy of the House of Representatives from Florida. Furthermore, he had from 1848 to 1849 as the successor of James T. Archer held the office of Secretary of State of Florida. Between 1849 and 1850 he was a member of the Senate from Florida. As a democrat Maxwell Florida represented as successor to Edward Carrington Cabell 1853-1857 House of Representatives of the United States.

After Florida had split off from the United States to join the Confederate States of America, as well as during the American Civil War, Maxwell served in the first and second Confederate Congress. Maxwell and Jackson Morton were the only persons who have represented their lifetimes Florida in both houses, the U.S. Congress and the Konföderiertenkongress.

After the war, Maxwell was appointed in 1865 as a judge of the Supreme Court of Florida, gave the office but a year later again. However, he later returned again and served there from 1887 to 1891.

Augustus Maxwell died on 5 May 1903 in Chipley. He was buried in Pensacola.

Family

Maxwell's grandson Emmett Wilson represented Florida also in the U.S. House of Representatives. His father- Walker Anderson and his son Evelyn C. Maxwell both served on Florida Supreme Court