William H. Murfree Explained

William H. Murfree
Birth Date:2 October 1781
Birth Place:Hertford County, North Carolina
Alma Mater:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
State1:North Carolina
District1:1st
Term Start1:March 4, 1813
Preceded1:Lemuel Sawyer
Term End1:March 3, 1817
Succeeded1:Lemuel Sawyer
Office2:Member of the North Carolina General Assembly
Term2:1805
1812
Party:Democratic-Republican

William Hardy Murfree (October 2, 1781 – January 19, 1827), born in Hertford County, North Carolina, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.

Education

He graduated in 1801 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Edenton, North Carolina.

Career

Murfee became a member of the North Carolina General Assembly in 1805 and 1812 and was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses where he served from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1817. He served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures in the Fourteenth Congress.

In 1823, he moved from Murfreesboro, North Carolina, to his estate in Williamson County, Tennessee where he died on January 19, 1827. He was buried in Murfree Cemetery, northwest of Franklin, Tennessee. His home at Murfreesboro, North Carolina, Melrose, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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