L. J. Maxwell (born c. 1851) was a state legislator in Arkansas.
A Republican, he represented
Jefferson County, Arkansas
Jefferson County, officially the County of Jefferson, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas in the area known as the Arkansas Delta that extends west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson County consists of fi ...
in the
Arkansas House of Representatives
The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House has 100 members elected from an equal number of constituencies across the state. Each distr ...
in 1874
and 1875.
Another African-American Legislator Ned Hill also served in the House from Jefferson County for the same two-year period.
The following year in 1876, Maxwell ran for State Senator but lost to George Haycock.
Biography
In 1883 Maxwell represented Jefferson County as a delegate at the State Convention. The same year he was appointed as the railway postal clerk. In 1894 he made another run for representative, but was unsuccessful.
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1850s births
Republican Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Date of death unknown
United States Postal Service people
African-American state legislators in Arkansas
People from Jefferson County, Arkansas
African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era
19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly
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