Lemuel James Alston (1760–1836) was a slave owner[1] and U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville.
He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1789 to 1790.
He moved in 1816 to Clarke County, Alabama, and settled near Grove Hill, Alabama where he presided over the orphans' court and the county court from November 1816 until May 1821.
He died at "Alston Place," Clarke County, Alabama, in 1836.