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| date_of_birth =[[September 21]], [[1820]] or [[1821]]
| place_of_birth =Elberton, Georgia
| date_of_death =[[May 5]], [[1903]]
| place_of_death =Chipley, Florida
| occupation =Attorney, politician, judgesjudge
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| spouse =[[Julia Maxwell|Julia Anderson]]
'''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 [[1820]] or [[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]]. Maxwell married [[Julia Maxwell|Julia Anderson]] in {{date needed}}; the two had a son, [[Evelyn C. Maxwell|Evelyn]], born in Evergreen, Alabama in [[1863]].
==Pre-Civil War career==