Alexander Contee Magruder (c. 1779–1853) was a

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politician and judge. He served as a member of the Governor's Council from 1812 to 1815.Archives of Maryland page for Alexander Contee Magruder
He represented

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in the

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from 1838 to 1841, also serving as Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland from 1840 to 1843. He was then a justice of the

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from 1844 to 1851, when the court was reconfigured.

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