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

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

. Thomas Murray was born near Pott's Grove,

. 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. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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. He died in

East Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania East Chillisquaque Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 Census was 668, an increase over ...

, 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 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub