William McMurray (ca. 1813 – May 30, 1868) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
In 1832, McMurray was among the first students of
New York University. He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assem ...
(New York Co.) in
1841
Events
January–March
* January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi.
* January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
,
1842
Events
January–March
* January
** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem.
** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...
and
1843
Events January–March
* January
** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.
** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...
. 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 ...
(2nd D.) in
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
and
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
* January 8 – Taiping Reb ...
. He was a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police of New York City from 1864 to 1866.
On the morning of May 31, 1868, he was found dead in his bed, at his residence on
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping stre ...
. Apparently, he had died of
apoplexy in his sleep.
External links
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 146 and 361; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''New York University and the City''by Thomas J. Frusciano & Marilyn H. Pettit (1997; pg. 16)
''Manual of the Corporation of the City of New-York''(1864; pg. 113)
''Manual of the Corporation of the City of New-York''(1865; pg. 90)
''Sudden Death of Hon. William McMurray''in NYT on June 1, 1868
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1810s births
1868 deaths
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
New York University alumni
New York City Police Commissioners
19th-century American legislators