Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
American politician
Died when: 83 years 317 days (1006 months)Star Sign: Aries
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Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (April 2, 1807 – February 13, 1891) was a prominent Virginia lawyer and American political figure associated with several political parties.
Stuart served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly (1836-1838, 1857-1861 and 1874-1877), as a U.S.Congressman (1841-1843), and as the Secretary of the Interior (1850 - 1853).
Despite opposing Virginia's secession and holding no office after finishing his term in the Virginia Senate during the American Civil War, after the war he was denied a seat in Congress.
Stuart led the Committee of Nine, which attempted to reverse the changes brought by Reconstruction.He also served as rector of the University of Virginia.
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