James Murray (Ohio politician)

James Murray


7th Ohio Attorney General
In office January 14, 1861 – January 12, 1863
Preceded by	Christopher Wolcott
Succeeded by	Lyman R. Critchfield
Personal details
Born	1830 Scotland
Died	1881 Sidney, Ohio
Political party	Republican

James Murray was a Republican politician from the state of Ohio. He was Ohio Attorney General in 1861 and 1862.

James Murray was born in Scotland about 1830. In 1831, when about a year old, his family moved to Sidney, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools, and admitted to the bar in 1851. He immediately relocated to Perrysburg, Ohio.^[1] He was elected Ohio Attorney General in 1860,^[2] and served one term. He remained a resident of Wood County, Ohio until the close of his term, and then returned to Sidney, where he passed in 1881.^[1] The only other political office he ever held was as mayor of Perrysburg.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Smith 1898 Volume I : 126
↑ 1860 election results Murray 215,277 Democrat David W Stambaugh of Tuscarawas County 189,999 from Smith 1898 Volume I : 128

References

Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.

Legal offices
Preceded by Christopher Wolcott	Ohio Attorney General 1861-1863	Succeeded by Lyman R. Critchfield

Ohio Attorneys General

Stanbery McCormick Pugh McCook Kimball Wolcott Murray Critchfield Richardson Olds West Pond Little Pillars Nash Hollingsworth Lawrence Kohler Watson Richards Monnette Sheets Ellis Denman Hogan Turner McGhee Price Crabbe Turner Bettman Bricker Duffy Herbert Jenkins Duffy O'Neill Saxbe McElroy Saxbe Brown, P. Brown, W. Celebrezze Fisher Montgomery Petro Dann Rogers Cordray DeWine

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