James Maurice

James Maurice

James Maurice (November 7, 1814August 4, 1884) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he attended Broad Street Academy and became a clerk in a law office at the age of twelve years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and practiced in Maspeth, Queens. He was appointed master in chancery by Governor Bouck in 1843, was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1850, and was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1851, 1853, and 1856.

Maurice was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854, resumed the practice of law, and declined the nomination as justice of the New York supreme court in 1865. He was elected as a Republican to the State assembly in 1866 and died in Maspeth in 1884; interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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