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| spouse =[[Julia Maxwell|Julia Anderson]]
| parents =Simeon Maxwell
| children =[[Evelyn C. Maxwell]]
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==Pre-Civil War career==
Maxwell 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]]. He 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]]. From [[1857]] through [[1861]], Maxwell served as the United States Navy agent at Pensacola, moving to Pensacola after the death of his father-in-law, [[Walker Anderson]], who held the same office.
==During and after the war==