Alexander C. Davidson

Alexander C. Davidson

Alexander Caldwell Davidson (December 26 1826 - November 6 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born near Charlotte, North Carolina, Davidson attended the public schools of Marengo County, Alabama, and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on July 11 1848. He studied law in Mobile, Alabama, but never practiced. He engaged in cotton planting near Uniontown, Alabama. Davidson served as member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1880 and 1881 and in the Alabama Senate from 1882 through 1885.

Davidson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth United States Congresses (March 4 1885 - March 3 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888 and resumed agricultural pursuits.

He died at "Westwood," near Uniontown, Alabama on November 6 1897. His body was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery of Davidson Memorial Church, Uniontown, Alabama.

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