Editing Augustus Emmet Maxwell

{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name   =Augustus Emmet Maxwell
| image_name     =AEMaxwell.jpg
| image_size     =225px
| image_caption  =
| date_of_birth  =[[September 21]], [[1820]] or [[1821]]
| place_of_birth =Elberton, Georgia
| date_of_death  =[[May 5]], [[1903]]
| place_of_death =Chipley, Florida
| occupation     =Attorney, politician, judge
| religion       = [[Christ Episcopal Church|Episcopalian]]
| spouse         =[[Sarah Maxwell|Sarah Brockenbrough]]<br/>[[Julia Maxwell|Julia H. Anderson]]
| parents        =[[Simeon Maxwell]]
| children       =[[Lucy Maxwell Meade]]<br/>[[Elizabeth Maxwell Wilson]]<br/>[[Simeon Maxwell II]]<hr style="width: 50%;">Two daughters, died in infancy<br/>[[Evelyn C. Maxwell]]<br/>[[John E. Maxwell]]
}}
'''Augustus Emmet Maxwell''' was an attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a [[Wikipedia:United States House of Representatives|congressman]] and [[Wikipedia:Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate senator]], and held several positions in the Florida state government.  [[Maxwell Street]] is named for him.

Maxwell was born in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, in [[1820]] or [[1821]].  He graduated from the University of Virginia in [[1841]] and was admitted to the bar in Alabama in [[1843]].  Maxwell practised law in Eutaw, Alabama for two years before moving to [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in [[1845]].  Maxwell married [[Julia Maxwell|Julia Anderson]] in {{date needed}};  the two had a son, [[Evelyn C. Maxwell|Evelyn]], born in Evergreen, Alabama in [[1863]].

==Pre-Civil War career==
Maxwell became [[Wikipedia:Florida Attorney General|Attorney General of the State of Florida]] in [[1846]] and held that position through [[1847]] when he became a [[Florida House of Representatives|state representative]].  Maxwell served as [[Florida Secretary of State]] in [[1848]], and as a [[Florida State Senate|state senator]] in [[1849]] and [[1850]].  He was elected to the [[Wikipedia:United States House of Representatives|United States House of Representatives]] from Florida in [[1852]], taking office in [[1853]] and serving in that capacity through [[1857]].  From [[1857]] through [[1861]], Maxwell served as the United States Navy agent at Pensacola, moving to Pensacola after the death of his father-in-law, [[Walker Anderson]], who held the same office.

==During and after the war==
After the outbreak of the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|Civil War]], Maxwell served as a Senator from Florida in the [[Wikipedia:Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate Congress]], serving both the First and Second Congresses from [[1862]] through the end of the war in [[1865]].  After the end of the war, Maxwell served as a justice on the [[Wikipedia:Florida Supreme Court|Florida Supreme Court]] in [[1865]] and [[1866]], as a circuit court judge from [[1877]] to [[1885]], and again as a State Supreme Court justice from [[1887]] to [[1891]].

==Elections==
In his election for the [[Wikipedia:United States House of Representatives|United States House of Representatives]] in [[1852]], Maxwell secured about 50.12% of the vote.  In his bid for reelection two years later he received 55.26% of votes cast.<ref>http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=115783</ref>

==Other images==
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Image:AEMaxwell-old.PNG|An older Maxwell, circa 1900
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==References==
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[[Category:Attorneys|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:Judges|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:Street namesakes|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:Episcopalians|Maxwell, Augustus E.]]