James Munroe (November 24, 1815 – June 7, 1869) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Nathan Munro (1791–1839) and Cynthia (Champlin) Munro (1796–1877). He was born in that part of the
Town of Camillus which was separated in 1829 as the
Town of Elbridge, in
Onondaga County, New York
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse.
Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
History
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. He married Caroline A. Clark, and they had two children.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
Partisan com ...
(22nd D.) from 1852 to 1855, sitting in the
75th,
76th,
77th and
78th New York State Legislature
The 78th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 14, 1855, during the first year of Myron H. Clark's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the prov ...
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He died in Elbridge, and was buried at the
Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.
State Senator
Allen Munroe (1819–1884) was his brother; Assemblyman
Squire Manro (1757–1835) was his grandfather.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 440f)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 89ff)
External links
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1815 births
1869 deaths
People from Elbridge, New York
New York (state) state senators
New York (state) Whigs
19th-century American legislators
Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)