alabama senators

	LEWIS, Dixon Hall (1802-1848)
	Bio: LEWIS, Dixon Hall, (nephew of Bolling Hall), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born on Bothwick plantation, Dinwiddie County, Va., August 10, 1802; moved to Hancock County, Ga., with his parents in 1806; graduated from Mount Zion Academy and from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1820; moved to Autauga County, Ala., the same year; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.; member, State house of representatives 1826-1828; elected as a States Rights Democrat to the Twenty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to April 22, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed Senator; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses); appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King; reelected in 1847 and served from April 22, 1844, until his death in New York City on October 25, 1848; chairman, Committee on Finance (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on Retrenchment (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 30 1847-1848 Senator Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844 Senator Democrat 28 1843-1844 Representative Democrat 27 1841-1842 Representative Democrat 26 1839-1840 Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Democrat 24 1835-1836 Representative Democrat 23 1833-1834 Representative Democrat 22 1831-1832 Representative Democrat 21 1829-1830