Peter Myndert Dox was an American

United States

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 politician who served the state of Alabama

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 in the U.S. House of Representatives

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 between 1869 and 1873. He was born in Geneva

Geneva, New York

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, Ontario County

Ontario County, New York

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, New York

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 on September 11, 1813, and graduated from Hobart College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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 at Geneva in 1833. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Geneva. Dox served as a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1842, and as a judge of the Ontario County courts from November 1855 until his resignation on March 18, 1856. He then moved to Alabama and settled in Madison County

Madison County, Alabama

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, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Dox was a delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention of 1865. In 1868, he was elected as a Democrat

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 to the U.S. House of Representatives, and reelected for the following term, serving until 1873. He retired from public life, and died in Huntsville on April 2, 1891. He is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery

Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)

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in Huntsville.

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