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Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 1, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, and chess player. He also was a writer of historical and literary essays, and poetry. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836.

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An Oration Delivered before the Society of the Alumni of the University of Alabama at its First Anniversary, December 17, 1836
The South West: Its History, Character, and Prospects: A Discourse for the Eighth Anniversary of the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama, December 7, 1839, Tuscaloosa, C. B. Baldwin, Press, 1840, 40 p.
Americanism in Literature. An Oration before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian Societies of the University of Georgia, at Athens, August 8, 1844, Charleston, Burges and James, printers, 1844, 39 p.
The Red Eagle: A Poem of the South, New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1855, 108 p.
- Montgomery, Ala., The Paragon Press, 1914
Romantic Passages in Southwestern History: Including Orations, Sketches, and Essays, New York, Mobile, S.H. Goetzel & Company, 1857, 330 p.
- Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Company, 1975
Songs and Poems of the South, New York Mobile, Alabama: S. H. Goetzel & Company, 1857, 282 p.

Online biography of Meek, by the state of Alabama Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
The Red Eagle, A Poem of The South, at Books.Google.com
Alexander Beaufort Meek player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Video reenactment of Meek vs Amateur game by Serguei Vorojtsov on YouTube

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Preceded by Peter Martin	Attorney General of Alabama 1836	Succeeded by John D. Phelan