Abram Poindexter Maury

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.

Biography

Maury was born near Franklin, Tennessee. He completed preparatory studies and was the editor of a newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of sixteen. In 1820 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and left the following year to study law and edit a newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee.

He 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. He was 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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.

He 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.

Maury died near Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 46 and was interred in the family cemetery at Founders Pointe near Franklin, Tennessee.

His father, Abram Poindexter Maury, Sr., was a member of the Tennessee Senate.

External links

• Abram Poindexter Maury, Jr.'s entry at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• A letter from Abram Poindexter Maury, Sr. to Abram Poindexter Maury, Jr., hosted by United States Genealogy Network, Inc.