George Clifford Maxwell (March 16, 1768 – May 26, 1835) was a U.S. representative from

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, father of John Patterson Bryan Maxwell. Maxwell's nephew George M. Robeson was

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and also sat in Congress.

Biography

Born in Sussex County, New Jersey, Maxwell graduated from Princeton College in 1792. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1797 and practiced in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1801 to 1803.U.S. Attorney's Office District of New Jersey, A Rich History of Service
Maxwell was elected as a

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to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He resumed the practice of law in

Flemington, New Jersey Flemington is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in and the county seat of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Raritan Township, New Jersey.

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