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ALSTON, Lemuel James (1760-1836)

Democrat-Republican of South Carolina

8th congressional district

Served in House 1807-1811

Total roll-call votes cast: 356

Biography

Representative from South Carolina; born in the eastern part of Granville (now Warren) County, N.C., in 1760; moved to South Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of Greenville; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville; member of the South Carolina state house of representatives, 1789-1790; elected as a Republican to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1811); moved in 1816 to Clarke County, Ala., and settled near Grove Hill, where he presided over the orphans' court and the county court from November 1816 until May 1821; died at "Alston Place," Clarke County, Ala., in 1836.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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