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(October 7, 1810 — June 28, 1895) Lewis McKenzie was a businessman and politician. McKenzie was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1810. He worked in shipping and in the mercantile business, as well as served on the city council (1855-1859, 1863-1866, 1868-1870), and as mayor of Alexandria (1861-1863). He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Unionist. He filled the vacancy occasioned by the unseating of Charles Upton, and served from February 16, 1863 to March 3, 1863. After the Civil War, and upon the readmission of Virginia to the Union, McKenzie was again elected as a Conservative to the United States House and served from January 31, 1870 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000507]
Member of Virginia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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