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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAbram Poindexter MAURY
(1801-1848)
MAURY, Abram Poindexter,
(cousin of Fontaine Maury Maverick), a Representative from
Tennessee; born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., December
26, 1801; completed preparatory studies and was editor of a
newspaper in St. Louis, Mo., at the age of sixteen; entered the
United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1820, but left
the following year to study law and edit a newspaper in Nashville,
Tenn.; member of the state house of representatives in 1831, 1832,
1843, and 1844; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in
Williamson County; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth
Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1838; resumed the practice of law in Williamson
County; also engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing; served in
the state senate in 1845 and 1846; died near Franklin, Tenn., July
22, 1848; interment in the family cemetery at his home near
Franklin, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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