Evan Shelby Alexander (October 28, 1809) was a slave owner, lawyer, legislator from the Salisbury District of North Carolina, and United States Democratic-Republican Party congressman from North Carolina between 1806 and 1809.
Life story
Born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to his father, a Revolutionary War officer and slave owner around 1767, Alexander attended the common schools and then Princeton College, graduating in 1787, and was a member of the Whig society (later the Whig-Clio), and delivered a commencement address in Greek.
Alexander was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons from the Salisbury District, serving from 1796 to 1803, and was a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1799 to 1809.