William Vans Murray

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

Life

Murray began on April 28, 1784 to study law at the Temple Church in London. It took three years. He then returned to the United States. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1791 and opened a practice in Cambridge. In addition, he was in 1791 a member of the House of Representatives of Maryland.

Murray was elected as a candidate of the pro- Administration Group in the second and third Congress. Thereafter, he was elected as a Federalist to the fourth congress. His tenure came on 4 March 1791 to 3 March 1797. Afterwards, he was the ambassador to the Netherlands from March 2, 1797 to September 2, 1801. Moreover, 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 at his estate in Dorchester County near Cambridge. He was buried in the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cambridge.

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