William B. Maclay

William Brown Maclay (born March 20, 1812 in New York City , † February 19, 1882 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1843 and 1849 and between 1857 and 1861 .

Career

William Brown Maclay was born in New York City about three months before the outbreak of the British-American War . He received private lessons. In 1836 he graduated from the College of the City of New York . In the same year he was associate editor of the New York Quarterly Review . He taught Latin and studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1839, he began practicing in New York City. Between 1840 and 1842 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1842 Maclay was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Aaron Ward on March 4, 1843 . He was re-elected twice in a row. In 1848 he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1849 Congress of. Then he ran in 1856 in the fifth constituency of New York for a seat in Congress. After a successful election, he succeeded Thomas R. Whitney on March 4, 1857 . He was re-elected once. Since he renounced a sixth candidacy, he left the congress after March 3, 1861.

Civil war broke out about a month later . He died on February 19, 1882 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough: The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 74f, 226, 290.

Web links

• William B. Maclay in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William B. Maclay in the database of Find a Grave (English)