ALEXANDER, DE ALVA STANWOOD American lawyer and political historian, was born in Richmond, Me., on July 17, 1845. He enlisted in the Union army in 1862 and served until the end of the Civil War. Following his gradua tion at Bowdoin college, Brunswick, Me., in 187o, he was editor of the Daily Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1871-74, and was secre tary of the Indiana Republican State committee in 1874-78. He was admitted to the bar and practised law in Indianapolis, Ind., from 1877 to 1881, served in the U.S. Treasury department from 1881 to 1885, and then resumed law practice in Buffalo, New York. Engaging in politics, he was elected Republican representa tive in Congress for seven consecutive terms, 1897-191I. He died in Buffalo, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1925.
He published a valuable Political History of the State of New York (1906-09) ; History and Procedure of the House of Representatives (Boston, 1916) and Four Famous New Yorkers (1923), a continuation of his Political History.