Abram Poindexter Maury Explained

Abram Poindexter Maury
State:Tennessee
District:8th
Term Start:March 4, 1835
Term End:March 3, 1839
Predecessor:David W. Dickinson
Successor:Meredith P. Gentry
Office2:Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Term2:1831–1832
1843–1844
Party:Anti-JacksonianWhig
Birth Date:December 26, 1801
Birth Place:Franklin, Tennessee
Death Date:July 22, 1848 (aged 46)
Death Place:Franklin, Tennessee
Spouse: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
Profession:newspaper editorlawyer

politician

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. He was a slaveholder.[1]

Biography

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.[2] They had nine children together, naming the seventh Septima and the eighth Octavia.

His father, Abraham Poindexter Maury, Jr. was a member of the Tennessee Senate and is the namesake of Maury County, Tennessee.[3]

Career

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.[4] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

Maury resumed the practice of law in Williamson County, Tennessee and also engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing. He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1845 and 1846.[5]

Death

Maury died near Franklin, Tennessee July 22, 1848 (age 46 years, 209 days) and was interred in the family cemetery at Founders Pointe near Franklin, Tennessee.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Weil . Julie Zauzmer . Blanco . Adrian . Dominguez . Leo . More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. . 30 January 2022 . . 20 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Abram Poindexter Maury. William L. Clements Library University of Michigan. 1 March 2013.
  3. Book: Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. 1905. U.S. Government Printing Office. 203.
  4. Web site: Abram Poindexter Maury. Govtrack US Congress. 1 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Abram Poindexter Maury. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 1 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Abram Poindexter Maury. The Political Graveyard. 1 March 2013.