Abram Poindexter Maury

Abram Poindexter Maury (Pronounced MUR-ree)

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839
Preceded by	David W. Dickinson
Succeeded by	Meredith P. Gentry
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1831–1832 1843–1844
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1801 Franklin, Tennessee
Died	July 22, 1848 (aged 46) Franklin, Tennessee
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian Whig
Spouse(s)	Mary Eliza Tennessee Claiborne
Children	Martha Thomas Maury Sarah Claiborne Maury Mary Ferdinand Maury Elizabeth James Maury Josephine Maury Abram Poindexter Maury Jr. Septima Maury Octavia Maury Ferdinand Claiborne Maury
Profession	newspaper editor lawyer politician

Abram Poindexter Maury (December 26, 1801 – July 22, 1848) was an American politician, who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.

Biography

Maury was born near Franklin, Tennessee on the plantation of his father, Abraham "Abram" Maury, Jr. After his preparatory studies, he became the editor of a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of sixteen. He next entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1820. He left the following year to pursue the study of law and edit a newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1]

In 1826, he married Mary Eliza Tennessee Claiborne (1806-1852), daughter of Sarah Terrell Lewis and Dr. Thomas Augustine Claiborne, whose family was politically well connected in the South.^[1] They had nine children together, naming the seventh Septima and the eighth Octavia.

Career

Maury was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1831, 1832, 1843 and 1844. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Williamson County, Tennessee.

Elected as a White supporter to the Twenty-fourth Congress by Tennessee's eighth district and re-elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Maury served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1839.^[2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

Maury resumed the practice of law in Williamson County, Tennessee and also engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing. He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1845 and 1846.^[3]

Death

Maury died near Franklin, Tennessee July 22, 1848 (age 46 years, 209 days) and was interred in the family cemetery at Founders Pointe near Franklin, Tennessee.^[4] His father, Abram Poindexter Maury, Sr., was a member of the Tennessee Senate.

He is the namesake of Maury County, Tennessee.^[5]

References

1 2 "Abram Poindexter Maury". William L. Clements Library University of Michigan. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
↑ "Abram Poindexter Maury". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
↑ "Abram Poindexter Maury". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
↑ "Abram Poindexter Maury". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 203.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by David W. Dickinson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th congressional district 1835-1839	Succeeded by Meredith P. Gentry

Maury family tree

Matthew Maury, immigrant
- James Maury (1718–1769)
  - Mathew Maury (1744–1808)
    - Matthew Hawes Maury (1777–1860)
      - Reuben F. Maury (1824–1906), Oregon Union army colonel
  - James Maury (1746–1840), one of the first United States diplomats
    - William Morris Maury, m. Sarah Mytton, English author
      - Mytton Maury (b. 1839), m. Virginia Draper, daughter of scientist John William Draper and sister of scientists Henry Draper and John Christopher Draper
        Antonia Maury (1866–1952), astronomer
  - Walker Maury (1752–1788)
    - William Grymes Maury
      - John Walker Maury (1809–1855), Mayor of Washington, D.C.
        William Arden Maury (1832–1918), U.S. Assistant Attorney General
      - William Lewis Maury (1813–1878), Naval officer
  - Fontaine Maury (1761–1824)
    - Eliza Maury (b. 1793)
    - Richard Brooke Maury (b. 1794)
      - Rev. Thompson Brooke Maury
        Richard Fontaine Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer
  - Richard Maury (1766–1843)
    - John Minor Maury (1795–1824), m. Eliza Maury, his first cousin, daughter of Fontaine Maury
      - Dabney Herndon Maury (1822–1900), Confederate general
    - Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873), astronomer
- Abraham Maury (b. 1731), m. Susanna Poindexter, a cousin of George Poindexter
  - Abraham "Abram" Maury, Jr. (b. 1766), Major, Tennessee state legislator
    - Abram Poindexter Maury (1801–1848), U.S. Representative from Tennessee

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 12237162 LCCN: nr2001040539 US Congress: M000262

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