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| date_of_birth =[[September 21]], [[18211820]]

| occupation =Attorney, politician, judgesjudge| 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 [[18211820]]. 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]]. He became Maxwell married [[Wikipedia:Florida Attorney GeneralJulia Maxwell|Attorney General of the State of FloridaJulia Anderson]] in [[1846]] and held that position through [[1847]] when he became {{date needed}}; the two had a son, [[Florida House of Representatives|state representative]]Evelyn C. Maxwell served as [[Florida Secretary of State|Evelyn]] , born in [[1848]]Evergreen, and as a [[Florida State Senate|state senator]] Alabama in [[1849]] and [[18501863]].

==Pre-Civil War career==Maxwell was elected to the became [[Wikipedia:United States House Florida Attorney General|Attorney General of Representatives|United States House the State of RepresentativesFlorida]] from Florida in [[18521846]], taking office in and held that position through [[18531847]] and serving in that capacity through when he became a [[1857Florida House of Representatives|state representative]]. After the outbreak Maxwell served as [[Florida Secretary of the State]] in [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|Civil War1848]], Maxwell served and as a Senator from [[Florida State Senate|state senator]] in the [[Wikipedia:Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate Congress1849]] and [[1850]]. After the end of the war, Maxwell served as a justice on He was elected to the [[Wikipedia:Florida Supreme CourtUnited States House of Representatives|United States House of Representatives]] from Florida Supreme Courtin [[1852]] , taking office in [[18651853]] and serving in that capacity through [[18661857]], as a circuit court judge from . From [[18771857]] to through [[18851861]], and again Maxwell served as a Ftate Supreme Court justice from [[1887]] the United States Navy agent at Pensacola, moving to Pensacola after the death of his father-in-law, [[1891Walker 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==<gallery>Image:AEMaxwell-old.PNG|An older Maxwell, circa 1900</gallery> ==References==<references/> [[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.]]