Abram Poindexter Maury
| Abram Poindexter Maury (Pronounced MUR-ree) | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839 |
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| Preceded by | David W. Dickinson |
| Succeeded by | Meredith P. Gentry |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
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In office 1831–1832 1843–1844 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1801 Franklin, Tennessee |
| Died | July 22, 1848 (aged 46) Franklin, Tennessee |
| Political party | 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 |
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newspaper editor lawyer politician |
Martha Thomas Maury Sarah Claiborne Maury
Mary Ferdinand Maury
Elizabeth James Maury
Josephine Maury
Abram Poindexter Maury Jr.
Septima Maury
Octavia Maury
newspaper editor lawyer
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.
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.
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. They had nine children together, naming the seventh Septima and the eighth Octavia.
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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.
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