George Crawford Murray (January 3, 1827 – November 27, 1884) was an American politician.

Early life

George Crawford Murray, the son of Mary (née Crawford) and William W. Murray, was born on January 3, 1827, in Middletown Township, New Jersey. His father worked as a farmer, merchant and postmaster in Middletown. He graduated from Yale College in 1845. After leaving college, he studied law in Trenton, New Jersey, and with the Honorable George Wood in New York City, where he was admitted to the

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in January 1849. He then pursued a course of study in analytical chemistry in the newly established school of applied chemistry at Yale, and in the summer of 1850 returned to his home in Middletown to engage in farming.

Career

Murray continued through life deeply interested in agricultural and analytical chemistry and in kindred scientific studies. He was elected to the

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in the Fall of 1862 as an Independent, defeating William S. Horner. He served for one year in the Legislature, but declined a re-nomination. He also worked as a collector in Middletown Township.

Personal life

Murray married on February 27, 1855, Mary Catherine Cooper, daughter of James Cooper, of Middletown, who survived him. Their children were two daughters and a son: Mary, Ella and George. In February 1858, one of his feet was crushed by a caving in of earth on his farm, which caused him to use a cane.

Death

Murray moved to

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. He was interred in a family plot at Middletown.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, George Crawford 1827 births 1884 deaths People from Middletown Township, New Jersey Yale College alumni Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey New Jersey Independents Members of the New Jersey Legislature 19th-century American legislators