hugh quincy alexander

Hugh Quincy Alexander (7 August 1911 - 17 September 1989) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1953 and 1963. Born on a farm near Glendon, North Carolain in Moore County in 1911, Alexander attended local public schools and then Duke University, graduating in 1932. He then studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was admitted to the bar in 1937. Practicing law in Kannapolis, North Carolina for several years, Alexander then served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1946, including thirty-four months of duty overseas. In 1947 and 1949, Alexander served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was a solicitor for the Cabarrus County Recorders Court from 1950 to 1952 and a state commander for the American Legion in 1951. In 1952, Alexander was elected to the 88th U.S. Congress, the first of five terms in the U.S. House; he would serve from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1963. After being defeated for re-election in 1962. After leaving Congress, he was chief counsel to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee from 1963 to 1976. Alexander died in Kannapolis in 1989 Alexander, Hugh Quincy Alexander, Hugh Quincy Alexander, Hugh Quincy Alexander, Hugh Quincy

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