- Peter Myndert Dox
Peter Myndert Dox (
September 11 1813 –April 2 1891 ) was an American politician who served the state ofAlabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1869 and 1873. He was born in Geneva, Ontario County,New York onSeptember 11 1813 , and graduated from Hobart College at Geneva in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Geneva. Dox served as a member of theNew York State Assembly in 1842, and as a judge of the Ontario County courts from November 1855 until his resignation onMarch 18 1856 . He then moved to Alabama and settled in Madison County, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.Dox was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention of 1865. In 1868, he was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, and reelected for the following term, serving until 1873. He retired from public life, and died in Huntsville on
April 2 1891 . He is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville.References
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