Background
Irvin, Alexander was born on January 18, 1800 in Penns Valley, Pennsylvania, United States.
Irvin, Alexander was born on January 18, 1800 in Penns Valley, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended the public schools of the area and moved to Curwensville in 1820 and to Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1826.
He engaged in mercantile and lumbering pursuits and was the treasurer of Clearfield County from 1828 to 1830. He was named the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in 1842. He was the recorder of deeds and register of wills of Clearfield County from 1842 to 1844.
He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849).
He was not a candidate for renomination. He was named a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872.
He then became engaged in mercantile pursuits at Clearfield until his death in 1874. He was buried in the Reed addition to the Old Graveyard.
Irvin was a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838.