attorney general july february american lawyer judge politician state west_virginia served attorney general west_virginia associate justice elected west_virginia senate west virginia house delegates born virginia present day west_virginia raised farm age despite father plans carpenter studied uncle representative admitted bar relocated served terms commonwealth attorney moved established law partnership later joined support union american_civil_war movement west_virginia following state creation began political career elected serve inaugural session west_virginia senate served chairman chaired senate committee proposed state constitutional amendment known amendment aimed remove citizenship rights returning west_virginia governor appointed attorney general west_virginia fall elected served ran unsuccessfully election bench unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate gubernatorial campaign known moniker old honesty elected member west_virginia senate representing district serving subsequently twice elected west virginia house delegates representing served chairman terms died pneumonia serving session charleston time death age oldest member early life law career born july virginia present day west_virginia son wife father grandson thomas english scottish ancestry mother grandson col siblings john jane brother uncle west_virginia historian father carpenter farmer initially selected trade son father regularly relied residential construction projects family relocated farm mile remained years old received primary education local schools despite father initial plans carpenter studied uncle united_states house representative virginia admitted bar june began practice law soon early years legal career provided legal services counties relocated established law practice practicing served terms commonwealth attorney named authorized superintendent receive capital stock assembly permitted establishment bank branch march march seeking expand law practice wanting greater opportunities advancement moved established law partnership creating law practice offered legal services clients taylor counties joined law partnership known later judge served united_states senator west_virginia political judicial careers despite early resolution allow politics legal career support union american_civil_war movement west_virginia priorities political affiliation republican actively involved formation state west_virginia weeks prior state creation june year began political career elected represent district inaugural session west_virginia senate june tenure senate lasted served chairman position chairman played prominent role passage state earliest legislation chairman senate committee drafted proposed amendment constitution west_virginia known amendment aimed remove citizenship rights returning west_virginia following war favored banning voting opposed complete amendment came known notable uncovered increasing tensions west_virginia coalition january appointed attorney general west_virginia republican west_virginia governor replace served state attorney general december year march appointed replace hall circuit judge served capacity january law partnership operation autumn elected justices chosen early leadership depended defend new state virginia sympathies uphold cause serving court major issues faced justices primarily involved post war reconstruction state served associate justice supreme_court january december democrats swept power state constitution rewritten went effect year state new constitution meant term finished end court served associate justice short lived administered oath office state democratic governor term associated justice ruled state cases involved questions west_virginia earliest statutes following tenure state supreme_court returned practice law ran unsuccessfully election represent district west_virginia senate state convention west july nominated candidate associate supreme court unsuccessful electoral bid following vacancy bench supreme_court united_states december named possible candidate associate nominated ran election candidate west_virginia gubernatorial election democrat gubernatorial campaign dubbed old honesty media wilson defeated votes election results mirrored republican candidates state office lost margins varying thousand votes election elected serve west_virginia senate representing district comprising counties received votes compared democratic opponent elected position served senate tenure senate elected chairman served roads committees term december selected opponent governor wilson commissioners represent west_virginia centennial celebration inauguration george_washington elected member west virginia house delegates alongside representing serving served chairman elected alongside served house death served following standing committees judiciary human institutions public buildings rules january nominated west virginia republican_party caucus fill short term vacancy created death senator nominated party fill long term vacant senate seat democrat subsequently elected fill remainder term later life death following graduation son joined law practice brief bout pneumonia died february local time time death charleston session west virginia legislature oldest member age son ran election father house delegates seat served position personal life family married april daughter captain wife following marriage resided wife sons married march october december married june
Edwin Maxwell (attorney general)