Virgil Maxcy
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Lithograph of Virgil Maxcy, with Tulip Hill Estate in background
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| 2nd United States Chargé d'Affaires to Belgium | |
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In office 1837–1842 |
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| President | Martin Van Buren |
| Preceded by | Hugh S. Legaré |
| Succeeded by | Henry Washington Hilliard |
| 1st Solicitor of the United States Treasury | |
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In office May 29, 1830 – June 15, 1837 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Henry D. Gilpin |
| Maryland House of Delegates | |
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In office 1824–1825 |
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| Maryland Senate | |
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In office 1817–1821 |
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| Maryland Executive Council | |
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In office December, 1815 – December, 1816 Serving with Alexander Contee Magruder James Shaw John Murray William H. Ward |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Contee Magruder William H. Ward Thomas G. Addison Samuel Ridout John Murray |
| Succeeded by | William Potter Henry Henley Chapman Richard Frisby James Shaw William H. Ward |
| Personal details | |
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May 5, 1785 Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | February 28, 1844 (aged 58) (at sea near) Fort Washington, Maryland, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Galloway Maxcy |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Profession | Attorney Plantation owner |
Virgil Maxcy (May 5, 1785 – February 28, 1844) was an American political figure. He was born in Massachusetts and spent his adult years in Maryland. He was killed in 1844 in a shipboard accident, when a cannon exploded aboard the USS Princeton.
The younger brother of Jonathan Maxcy, Virgil Maxcy was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, on May 5, 1785. He graduated from Brown University in 1804, studied law with Robert Goodloe Harper, was admitted to the bar in 1807, and became an attorney in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1811 Maxcy authored The Laws of Maryland from 1692 to 1809, a multi-volume work that compiled Maryland's statutes, declaration of independence, constitution and amendments.
Maxcy also prepared and distributed The Maryland resolutions, and the objections to them considered (1822), which argued against proposals to appropriate public land for the building of schools and other purposes.
In 1833 he delivered A discourse before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Brown University, a lecture that was published as a pamphlet.
Originally a Federalist, Maxcy served on Maryland's Executive Council in 1815 and served terms in the Maryland Senate (1817–1821) and the Maryland House of Delegates (1824–1825).
Maxcy later became a Democrat and supported Andrew Jackson for President in 1824 and 1828. When Jackson won the 1828 election, Maxcy's friend John C. Calhoun attempted to have him appointed as Treasurer of the United States, but Jackson and Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham decided for political reasons to offer the position to John Campbell. Instead, Maxcy received appointment as Solicitor of the Treasury, where he served from 1830 to 1837.
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