WikiMini

John M. Mitchell

For other people named John Mitchell, see John Mitchell (disambiguation).
John M. Mitchell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th district
In office
June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899
Preceded byDaniel J. Riordan
Succeeded byThomas J. Creamer
Personal details
Born
John Murray Mitchell

(1858-03-18)March 18, 1858
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 31, 1905(1905-05-31) (aged 47)
Tuxedo Park, New York, U.S.
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
EducationColumbia College

John Murray Mitchell[a] (March 18, 1858 – May 31, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Representative from New York.

Early life

[edit]

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.[2] He graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1879.[3][4]

Career

[edit]

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

[edit]

He died from cancer at Tuxedo Park, New York, May 31, 1905.[5] 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.[6]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Some databases give his middle name as Murry.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ United States Congress. "John M. Mitchell (id: M000822)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  2. ^ Negus, W. H. (1900). "Delta Psi". In Maxwell, W. J. (ed.). Greek Letter Men of Washington. New York: The Umbdenstock Publishing Co. pp. 231–234.
  3. ^ Chamberlain, Joshua L., ed. (1900). Universities and Their Sons. Vol. V. Boston: R. Herndon Company. pp. 128–129.
  4. ^ Official Congressional Directory (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1898. p. 87.
  5. ^ "John Murray Mitchell Dead; Congressman Who Made Famous Fight on Tammany Expires at Tuxedo". The New York Times. June 1, 1905. p. 11.
  6. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William, ed. (1904). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago, I.L.: American Publishers Association. p. 664 – via Google Books.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit]
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 8th congressional district
1896 - 1899 		Succeeded by