William Vans Murray

William Vans Murray (painted by Mather Brown )

William Vans Murray (born February 9, 1760 in Cambridge , Dorchester County , Province of Maryland , †  December 11, 1803 in Cambridge, Maryland ) was an American politician . He represented the state of Maryland as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Life

Murray began his law studies on April 28, 1784 at Temple Church in London . It took three years. He then returned to the United States. He was admitted to the bar in 1791 and opened a practice in Cambridge. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Representatives in 1791 .

Murray was elected as a Pro-Administration candidate in the second and third Congresses . He was then elected to the fourth Congress as a federalist . His term of office ran from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1797. After that he was envoy in the Netherlands from March 2, 1797 to September 2, 1801. In addition, he was sent in 1799 by President John Adams as a member of a diplomatic mission to France .

William Vans Murray died on December 11, 1803 on his estate in Dorchester County near Cambridge. He was buried in the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cambridge.

literature

• DeConde, Alexander. "William Vans Murray and the Diplomacy of Peace, 1797-1800." Maryland Historical Magazine 48 (March 1953): 1-26; Hill, Peter P. William Vans Murray, Federalist Diplomat; The Shaping of Peace with France, 1797-1801. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1971.

Web links

• William Vans Murray in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)