James Maurice

James Maurice

James Maurice (born November 7, 1814 in New York City , † August 4, 1884 in Maspeth , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Maurice was born and raised in New York City during the British-American War . He attended Broad Street Academy and was twelve years old, a clerk ( clerk ) in a law office. He later studied law . After receiving his license to practice law in 1835, he began practicing in Maspeth. Governor William C. Bouck appointed him master at the New York Court of Chancery in 1843 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . Maurice was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1850 . He attended the Democratic State Conventions as a delegate in 1851, 1853, and 1856 . In the congressional election of 1852 , Maurice was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded John G. Floyd on March 4, 1853 . Since he refused to run again in 1854 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1855 . Then he worked as a lawyer again. In 1865 he refused the nomination for judge on the New York Supreme Court . The following year he was re-elected as a Republican to the New York State Assembly. He died on August 4, 1884 in Maspeth and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery .

Web links

• James Maurice in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Maurice in the database of Find a Grave (English)