William Arden Maury (July 29, 1832 – June 16, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as

United States Assistant Attorney General Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an assistant attorney general. The president of the United States appoints individuals to the position of assistant attorney general with the advice and ...

from 1889 to 1893. He was a distant relative to

Matthew Fontaine Maury Matthew Fontaine Maury (January 14, 1806February 1, 1873) was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and i ...

and married his eldest daughter. Note too that they both worked in "Washington City" as it was then called. Born Washington, D.C., to John Walker Maury and Isabel Foyles, he attended

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1832 births 1918 deaths People from Washington, D.C. American lawyers Harvard Law School alumni United States Assistant Attorneys General Maury family of Virginia {{US-politician-stub