The Biographical Dictionary of America/Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood

ALEXANDER, DeAlva Stanwood, representative, was born in Richmond, Maine, July 17, 1846; son of Stanwood and Priscilla (Brown) Alexander; grandson of Campbell and Margaret (Stanwood) Alexander, and a descendant on his mother's side of George Brown, who came from England to Plymouth in 1635. He served as a private in the Union army, 1862-'65, was prepared for college at the Edward Little institute in Auburn, Maine, and was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1870. He settled in Indianapolis, Ind.; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1877, practising in partnership with the Hon. Stanton J. Peele until 1881, when he was appointed fifth auditor of the treasury department, serving until 1885. He removed to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1885, and formed a law partnership with the Hon. James A. Roberts, and was United States attorney for the northern district of New York, 1889-'93. He was a Republican representative from the 33d New York district in the 55th, 56th and 57th congresses, 1897-1903.