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  Murray, Ambrose S.
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NameAmbrose S. Murray
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, New York , United States
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Born November 27, 1807
DiedNovember 08, 1885 (77 years)
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Apr 19, 2011 09:50pm
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InfoMURRAY, Ambrose Spencer, (brother of William Murray), a Representative from New York; born in Wallkill, Ulster County, N.Y., November 27, 1807; attended the common schools; employed as a clerk in a mercantile establishment in Middletown, N.Y., 1824-1831; moved to Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., and engaged in banking; treasurer of Orange County 1851-1854; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); resumed banking in Goshen, N.Y.; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; interested in various other business enterprises; died in Goshen, N.Y., November 8, 1885; interment in St. James’ Cemetery.


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