James Maurice

James Maurice ( born November 7, 1814 New York City; † August 4, 1884 in Maspeth, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. From 1853 to 1855 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Maurice was born during the British - American War in New York City and grew up there. He attended Broad Street Academy and was twelve years old, a clerk ( clerk ) in a lawyer's office. Later he studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1835, he began practicing in Maspeth. Governor Bouck appointed him in 1843 to the master on the New York Court of Chancery. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Maurice sat 1850 in the New York State Assembly. He was a delegate in 1851, 1853 and 1856 to the Democratic State Convention in part. In the congressional elections of 1852, Maurice became the first electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John G. Floyd on March 4, 1853. Since he resigned in 1854 to run again, he retired after March 3, 1855 from the Congress. He then worked as a lawyer again. In 1865 he declined the nomination for judges from the New York Supreme Court. The following year he was re-elected as a Republican in the New York State Assembly. He died on August 4, 1884 in Maspeth, and was then buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.