Alexander H. H. Stuart
| Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart | |
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| 3rd United States Secretary of the Interior | |
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In office September 14, 1850 – March 7, 1853 |
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| President |
Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. T. McKennan |
| Succeeded by | Robert McClelland |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 17th district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Craig |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 2, 1807 Staunton, Virginia, US |
| Died | February 13, 1891 (aged 83) Staunton, Virginia, US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Baldwin Stuart |
| Children | Briscoe Baldwin Stuart Alexander H.H. Stuart, Jr. Archibald Gerard Stuart Eleanor Augusta Stuart Frances Peyton Stuart Mary Stuart Susan Baldwin "Susie" Stuart Margaret Briscoe Stuart |
| Alma mater |
College of William & Mary University of Virginia |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
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 ameliorate Congressional Reconstruction, and also served as rector of the University of Virginia.
Stuart was born in Staunton, Virginia, one of three sons of judge Archibald Stuart (judge), a protege of Thomas Jefferson and third-generation American of Scots-Irish origin and his wife Eleanor (nee Briscoe), of distant English ancestry.
After education by private tutors, Stuart attended the College of William and Mary. He studied law under John Tayloe Lomax and graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville before marrying his cousin Frances Cornelia Baldwin in 1833. They had six daughters and three sons, as discussed in the family section below.
Stuart was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1828 and soon became active in the National Republican Party. He supported the unsuccessful campaign of Henry Clay in the 1832 U.S. Presidential Election.
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