Thomas Murray, Jr.

Thomas Murray Jr. ( * 1770 in Potts Grove, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, † August 26 1823 in East Chillisquaque, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Murray was a cousin of Congressman John Murray ( 1768-1834 ). 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. In 1813 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; In 1814 he was a member of the State Senate.

Following the resignation of Congressman William Cox Ellis 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 9 October 1821. Since he resigned in 1822 to further candidacy, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1823. He died a few months later, on 26 August 1823 in East Chillisquaque near Potts Grove.