Thomas Murray (1770 – August 26, 1823) was a member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. Thomas Murray was born near

Pott's Grove Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888 ...

. He was a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

beginning in 1813. Murray was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

William Cox Ellis William Cox Ellis (May 5, 1787 – December 13, 1871) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William Cox Ellis was born in Fort Muncy, Pennsylvania, son of William and Mercy Cox Ellis. He attend ...

. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

1822 Events January–March * January 1 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. *January 3 - The famous French explorer, Aimé Bonpland, is made prisoner in Paraguay accused of being a spy. ...

. He died in

East Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania East Chillisquaque Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 668, an increase over the figure of 664 tabulated in 2000. History The Rishel Covered Bridge and Gottlieb Br ...

, and was buried in Chillisquaque Cemetery, near Potts Grove. He was a cousin of John Murray (1768-1834), who also served as a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

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Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1770 births 1823 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub