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Rep. Lewis Maxwell

Former Representative for Virginia’s 21st District

Maxwell was the representative for Virginia’s 21st congressional district and was an Anti Jacksonian. He served from 1831 to 1833.

He was previously the representative for Virginia’s 21st congressional district as an Anti Jacksonian from 1829 to 1831; and the representative for Virginia’s 21st congressional district as an Adams from 1827 to 1829.

Legislators who enslaved Black people

Maxwell was among more than 1,800 legislators who enslaved Black people. The Washington Post compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents. Maxwell was one of them.

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