John Murray (congressman)

John Murray (* 1768 in Potts Grove, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, † March 7, 1834 in East Chillisquaque, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Murray was a cousin of Congressman Thomas Murray ( 1770-1823 ). He attended private schools and was active thereafter in agriculture. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1807 and 1810, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Following the resignation of Congressman David Scott Murray was at the due election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 14 October 1817. After a re-election, he could remain until March 3, 1821 in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Murray again worked in agriculture. He died on 7 March 1834 in East Chillisquaque near his home town of Potts Grove.