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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Willis Alston |
| Address | Halifax County
Halifax Town, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1769 |
| Died |
April 10, 1837
(68 years) |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jan 25, 2007 08:13pm |
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| Info | ALSTON, Willis, (nephew of Nathaniel Macon), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Littleton, Halifax County, N.C., in 1769; completed preparatory studies and attended Princeton College; engaged in agricultural pursuits
NC House of Commons (Halifax County) 1790-93, 1819-25
NC Senate 1794-1795
US House (F-NC) 1799-1803; (DR-NC) 1803-1815, 1825-31; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirteenth Congress); chairman, Committee on Elections (Twenty-first Congress)
Resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Halifax, N.C., April 10, 1837; interment in a private burying ground on his plantation home, “Butterwood,” near Littleton, Halifax County, N.C.
[Link] ; NC Government (1979), p. 1156-1157 |
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