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Alexander C. Mitchell

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Alexander C. Mitchell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911
Preceded byCharles Frederick Scott
Succeeded byJoseph Taggart
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
1907-1911
Personal details
Born(1860-10-11)October 11, 1860
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 1911(1911-07-07) (aged 50)
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Alexander Clark Mitchell (October 11, 1860 – July 7, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mitchell moved to Kansas in 1867 with his parents, who settled in Douglas County, near Lawrence, Kansas. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1889. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lawrence.

Mitchell served as prosecuting attorney of Douglas County 1894–1898, and as a member of the University of Kansas board of regents 1904-10. He served as a member of the State board of law examiners 1907-10, and was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives 1907-11. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Lawrence, Kansas, July 7, 1911, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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References

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  • United States Congress. "Alexander C. Mitchell (id: M000803)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Alexander C. Mitchell, late a representative from Kansas, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911
Succeeded by