The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, 1920, Vol. 18 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, 1920, Vol. 18

While in Washington he served one term as the commander of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic. In 1885 he moved to Buffalo and formed a law partnership with his former college classmate, James A. Roberts.

For the four years beginning with 1889 he served as United States District Attorney for the northern district of New York. During his term of service there were several serious cases of defalcations connected with some banks, and eight indictments were found. He secured seven convictions thus showing the effective administration of the office and that with him the office was not a sinecure.

Mr. Alexander served as a member of Congress from Buffalo from 1897 to 1911, and his popularity and efficiency is shown in the fact that he was nominated eight times without opposition. He was a member of the judiciary committee, and the committee on rivers and harbors during the whole time of his membership of the House. For several years he was chairman of the latter committee. Membership in these important committees led to his intimate association with the most prominent members of both parties in the House, and gave a rare opportunity to one who was himself a rare man. This fitted him in a remarkable way for writing, as he has done, political history of great interest and unusual value.

In 1905 Mr. Alexander was elected an overseer of Bowdoin College and in 1918 he was made the President of the Board, an office which he still holds. His legal, literary, and political career has not barred him from other activities. He is a 32d degree Freemason, a member of the Buffalo Club and the University Club. In college he belonged to the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity in which he is still active as a member of the Western New York Alumni Association.

Mr. Alexander is an active member of, and elder in, the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Buffalo. In 1917 he was elected member of the Executive Commission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. So in all the higher walks of life Mr. Alexander has taken an active and most helpful part.

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Excerpt from The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association, 1920, Vol. 18

Mr. Alexander, the fifth president of our Association was born at Richmond, Me., July 17, 1845. Though born in Maine he went to Ohio in early boyhood where he enlisted at the age of sixteen in the 128th Ohio volunteer infantry and served three years as a private. At the close of the war he went back to his native state and prepared for college at Edward Little Institute in Auburn.

After graduation from college he went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he taught in the public schools for a time, and then became one of the editors and proprietors of the Fort Wayne Gazette a leading Republican paper of Northern Indiana. Later he accepted the position of staff correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, and resided in Indianapolis. While in this position he was elected Secretary of the Republican state committee, a position that he held for four years.

At this time Mr. Alexander began the study of law under Senator McDonald, was admitted to the bar in 1877, and formed a law partnership with Stanton J. Peelle of Indianapolis, for many years a judge and chief judge of the court of Claims in Washington. In 1881 President Garfield appointed him an auditor of the Treasury Department. He served under Secretaries Windom, Folger, McCulloch and Manning.

While in Washington he served one term as the commander of the Department of the Potomac Grand Army of the Republic. In 1885 he moved to Buffalo and formed a law partnership with his former college classmate, James A. Roberts.

For the four years beginning with 1889 he served as United States District Attorney for the northern district of New York. During his term of service there were several serious cases of defalcations connected with some banks, and eight indictments were found. He secured seven convictions thus showing the effective administration of the office and that with him the office was not a sinecure.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.