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Biography (1878)
'''Alexander Martin''' was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]], representing the state of [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://ncpedia.org/biography/governors/martin-alexander Alexander Martin]</ref>
'''Alexander Martin''' (1740 - 1807) was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]], representing the state of [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://ncpedia.org/biography/governors/martin-alexander Alexander Martin]</ref>
==Early Life==
He was born in New Jersey in 1740, and received a classical education. He graduated from Princeton College in 1750 after studying law, and was admitted soon after to the bar, becoming an attorney in North Carolina.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3W8sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA525 The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878]</ref>
==Career==
In 1772 he was a member of the Colonial Assembly, and served in the [[Revolutionary War]] as colonel of a North Carolina regiment of the line and participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown
He was a member of the State Senate 1779-1782,1785-1787, and 1788; was governor of North Carolina 1782-1785 and 1789-1792
In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention to adopt the Federal Constitution, and afterwards was elected a United-States senator from North Carolina, serving from December 2 ,1793, to March 3, 1799
==Passing==
Martin died at Danbury, North Carolina, November, 1807.
==See Also==
==See Also==