| LC control no. | nr 00029061 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maxwell, Thomas, 1792-1864 |
| Variant(s) | Maxwell, Thomas, 1792-1867 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Geneva (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1792-02-16 |
| Death date | 1864-11-04 |
| Place of birth | Tioga Point (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Elmira (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House New York and Erie Railroad Company New York (State). Supreme Court |
| Profession or occupation | Quartermasters Legislators County clerks Editors Postmasters |
| Found in | History of Elmira, 1863: p. 9 (Thomas Maxwell) RLIN, 9/22/00 (hdg.: Maxwell, Thomas) NIC files, 9/13/00 (hdg.: Maxwell, Thomas, 1792-1867) Biographical Directory of the United State Congress website, August 1, 2019 (Maxwell, Thomas, a Representative from New York; born at Tioga Point (now Athens), Bradford County, Pa., February 16, 1792; moved to Elmira (then Newtown Point), N.Y., in 1796; appointed quartermaster of a regiment of Cavalry attached to the brigade of Gen. Vincent Matthews during the War of 1812; clerk of Tioga County, N.Y., 1819-1829; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1831); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Twenty-first Congress); engaged in the prosecution of pension claims; studied law and was admitted to practice in the court of common pleas of old Tioga County, N.Y., in 1832; editor of the Elmira Gazette 1834-1836; postmaster of Elmira 1834-1839; deputy clerk of Chemung County in 1836; treasurer of Chemung County 1836-1843; a vice president of the New York & Erie Railroad Co. in 1841; commissioner of loans of United States deposit and of State funds in 1843; moved to Geneva, N.Y., about 1845, upon his appointment as deputy clerk of the State supreme court; died in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., November 4, 1864; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery) |
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