Daniel Murray (October 19, 1751 – February 24, 1832) was a judge and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1785 to 1802. Born in Rutland, Vermont, he was the son of Colonel John Murray, of Scottish descent, and his second wife Elizabeth McClanathan. He was educated at

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, graduating in 1771. After briefly establishing a legal practice in Brookline, Massachusetts, Murray served as a Major in the King's American Dragoons during the

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, serving with his brothers Robert and John. Murray was named in the

Massachusetts Banishment Act The Massachusetts Banishment Act, officially named the "Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts", was passed in September 1778 "to prevent the return to this state of certain persons therein named and others who have left this state or either o ...

of 1778. He was a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for New Brunswick. Murray left

in 1803 and returned to the

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. He died in

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at the age of 80.

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