Alexander Boxwell
American politician
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Alexander Boxwell (1852-1923) was a Republican politician from Ohio in the united States. He was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1894 to 1896.
Alexander Boxwell | |
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| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Warren County district | |
| In office January 6, 1890 – December 31, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | William T. Whitacre |
| Succeeded by | William T. Whitacre |
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| Born | October 12, 1852 |
| Died | January 23, 1923 (aged 70) |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Margaret Virginia Devericks |
| Children | Leslie, Carey |
| Education | Ohio Wesleyan University |
Biography
Alexander Boxwell was born near Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia in 1852,[1] and came in 1857 with his parents to Springboro, Warren County, Ohio.[2][3] He attended the local schools and entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio at age twenty. He taught school for sixteen years and studied law.[2][3]
Boxwell was admitted to the bar in 1881, and was justice of the peace for twelve years.[2][3] He was first elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1889 as a Republican,[2] and served five terms from 1890 to 1899.[4] He was selected by his peers as Speaker for the 1894 to 1896 term.[4]
Boxwell died at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton in 1923 of heart disease. He had been ill for around a month prior to his death.[5] He was 70. He was remembered for the Boxwell law, a law regulating rural school students to be examined prior to entering city high schools.[6][7]