John M. Mitchell
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Early life
J. Murray Mitchell was born in New York City, and attended Leggett's School there. In 1877, he was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1877.[1] He graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1879.[2][3]
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in New York City.
He successfully contested as a Republican the election of James J. Walsh to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from June 2, 1896, to March 3, 1899. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
Personal
He died from cancer at Tuxedo Park, New York, May 31, 1905.[4] He was interred in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.
His brother was assemblyman and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Edward Mitchell.[5]
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- 1858 births
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- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives