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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Augustus Emmet Maxwell
| image_name =AEMaxwell.jpg
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[September 21]], [[1821]]
| place_of_birth =Elberton, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[May 5]], [[1903]]
| place_of_death =Chipley, Florida
| occupation =Attorney, politician, judges
| religion =
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =[[Evelyn C. 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 was born in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, in [[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]]. He 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]].
Maxwell 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]]. 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]]. 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 Ftate Supreme Court justice from [[1887]] to [[1891]].
[[Category:Attorneys|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:Judges|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Maxwell, Augustus E.]]
| subject_name =Augustus Emmet Maxwell
| image_name =AEMaxwell.jpg
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[September 21]], [[1821]]
| place_of_birth =Elberton, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[May 5]], [[1903]]
| place_of_death =Chipley, Florida
| occupation =Attorney, politician, judges
| religion =
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =[[Evelyn C. 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 was born in Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia, in [[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]]. He 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]].
Maxwell 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]]. 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]]. 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 Ftate Supreme Court justice from [[1887]] to [[1891]].
[[Category:Attorneys|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:Judges|Maxwell, Augustus E.]] [[Category:People buried in St. John's Cemetery|Maxwell, Augustus E.]]
