About Alexander Boxwell
Lived 1852 – 1923 (aged 70). Alexander Boxwell was an American lawyer and politician.
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.
Biography Alexander Boxwell was born near Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia in 1852, and came in 1857 with his parents to Springboro, Warren County, Ohio. 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. He was selected by his peers as Speaker for the 1894 to 1896 term. 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.
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Who was Alexander Boxwell?
American politician (1852–1923)
When was Alexander Boxwell born?
Alexander Boxwell was born on 12 October 1852 in Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia.
When did Alexander Boxwell die?
Alexander Boxwell died on 23 January 1923 in Dayton.
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Alexander Boxwell was a lawyer and politician.
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Alexander Boxwell was American.
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