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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Lewis McKenzie |
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Alexandria, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 07, 1810
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| Died | June 28, 1895
(84 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | McKENZIE, Lewis, a Representative from Virginia; born in Alexandria, Va., October 7, 1810; pursued an academic course; prominently engaged in shipping and mercantile pursuits; member of the city council 1855-1859, 1863-1866, and 1868-1870; mayor of Alexandria 1861-1863; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the unseating of Charles H. Upton and served from February 16, 1863, to March 3, 1863; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Conservative to the Forty-first Congress and served from January 31, 1870, to March 3, 1871; president of the Washington & Ohio Railroad Co.; appointed postmaster of Alexandria, Va., in 1878; again a member of the city council 1887-1891; died in Alexandria, Va., June 28, 1895; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.
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