Lewis Maxwell

Lewis Maxwell (April 17, 1790 - February 13, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Maxwell moved with his mother to Virginia about 1800.He completed a preparatory course.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Weston, Virginia (now West Virginia).He served as member of the State house of delegates 1821-1824.

Maxwell was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress.He was reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-first Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-second Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832.He resumed the practice of law and was also engaged as a surveyor and land patentee.He died in West Union, Virginia (now West Virginia), February 13, 1862.He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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