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    William Vans Murray (February 9, 1760 – December 11, 1803) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates...
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  • Pitt Murray (1825–1910), American lawyer and politician William Vans Murray (1760–1803), U.S. Representative from Maryland William Henry Murray (1790–1852)...
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    however remained optimistic that war was unrealistic, writing to William Vans Murray, the American minister to The Netherlands, that "nothing but madness"...
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    William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer, and peer best known for his reforms...
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    James Mazel. Also possibly: William Murray c. 1658–1725, remained in Scotland and married Mary Vans; son William Vans Murray died 1763 in Maryland. Cromwell's...
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    diplomatic commission was approved, consisting of William Vans Murray, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Richardson Davie. Their objectives were to formally...
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    discouraging Van Buren from pushing for the annexation of Texas during his presidency. Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated Van Buren in the 1840...
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  • daughter of William Richard Hayward and Eliza Ennalls Eccleston. They had three children: Earl Van Dorn Sulivane (1869–1950). Vans Murray Sulivane (1873–1938)...
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    military dictator. On February 18, 1799, Adams nominated diplomat William Vans Murray for a peace mission to France without consulting either his cabinet...
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    sometimes holds that the home was the birthplace of William Vans Murray, but land records and Murray's biographical data both indicate that it is unlikely...
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    hawks in his own party and offering peace to France. In 1800 he sent William Vans Murray to France to negotiate peace; the Federalists cried betrayal but...
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    James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798 – April 28, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician who became a Confederate diplomat. He served as senator from...
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    lived in Dorchester County and Cambridge Carolyn Long, opera singer William Vans Murray, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District, 1789–1791 Annie Oakley...
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    Adams surprised many by announcing that he would send diplomat William Vans Murray on a peace mission to France. Adams delayed sending a delegation...
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    In Connecticut: William Samuel Johnson resigned. In Connecticut: Roger Sherman was elected to fill the vacancy created when William Samuel Johnson resigned...
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    that he would send a peace mission to France headed by diplomat William Vans Murray. Adams's peace initiative divided his own party between moderate...
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  • in Canada. The other is a list of 300 words obtained in 1792 by William Vans Murray, then a US Representative (at the behest of Thomas Jefferson.) He...
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    Tracy) Elections (Chairman: William Loughton Smith then Jonathan Dayton) Rules (Select) Ways and Means (Chairman: William Loughton Smith) Whole Enrolled...
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    reading in Baltimore public schools, in which she named her first son William J. Murray as plaintiff. Consolidated with Abington School District v. Schempp...
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    F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe...
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  • Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psychologist at Harvard University. From 1959 to 1962, he conducted a series of psychologically...
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    William Eustis (June 10, 1753 – February 6, 1825) was an early American physician, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts. Trained in medicine,...
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    Murray Delos Van Wagoner (March 18, 1898 – June 12, 1986) was an American politician. He served as the 38th governor of Michigan from 1941 to 1943. Van...
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    Annual Report of the American Historical Association, Letters of William Vans Murray, (7 December 1798), U.S. Government Printing Office, Smithsonian...
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    (Chairman: William Loughton Smith) Whole Enrolled Bills (Chairman: N/A then Richard Stockton) Architect of the Capitol: William Thornton Chaplain: William White...
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    Patricia Lynn Murray (née Johns; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2023 and...
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    Murray Newton Rothbard (/ˈrɒθbɑːrd/; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist...
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    of Judy Murray (née Erskine) and William Murray. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer in the late 1950s. Murray is a supporter...
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    Douglas Murray (born 16 July 1979) is a British neoconservative political commentator, cultural critic, and journalist. He founded the Centre for Social...
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  • then became private secretary to William Vans Murray, the United States Ambassador to the Batavian Republic. When Murray was appointed as part of an American...
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