Alexander Barrow [SEP] position held
Alexander Barrow
Alexander Barrow I (March 27, 1801 – December 29, 1846) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Louisiana. He was a member of the Whig Party. He was the half-brother of Washington Barrow, sharing the same father.
Born near Nashville, Tennessee, to Willie Barrow and his first wife Jane Green, Barrow attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, from 1816 to 1818. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar, in 1822
a position he held until 1977. In July 1977, Governor Dolph Briscoe appointed Barrow to the Texas Supreme Court (place 4). He was elected in 1978 and re-elected in 1982. In September 1984, he resigned to return to Baylor.
Baylor and later.
On 1 October 1984, Barrow assumed the position of Dean of his "alma mater", Baylor Law School, a post he held for seven years. During his tenure he increased Baylor's endowment and enhanced its teaching staff. In