Background
Maury was born near Franklin, Tennessee on the plantation of his father, Abraham "Abram" Maury, Junior. After his preparatory studies, he became the editor of a newspaper in Saint Louis, Missouri at the age of sixteen.
Maury was born near Franklin, Tennessee on the plantation of his father, Abraham "Abram" Maury, Junior. After his preparatory studies, he became the editor of a newspaper in Saint Louis, Missouri at the age of sixteen.
He next entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1820. He left the following year to pursue the study of law and edit a newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. They had nine children together, naming the seventh Septima and the eighth Octavia.
He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Elected as a White supporter to the Twenty-fourth Congress by Tennessee"s eighth district and re-elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Maury served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1839. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1838.
Maury resumed the practice of law in Williamson County, Tennessee and also engaged in literary pursuits and lecturing. He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1845 and 1846.
Maury died near Franklin, Tennessee July 22, 1848 (age 46 years, 209 days) and was interred in the family cemetery at Founders Pointe near Franklin, Tennessee.
He is the namesake of Maury County, Tennessee.
National Republican Party, Whig Party.
Maury was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1831, 1832, 1843 and 1844. His father, Abram Poindexter Maury, Senior, was a member of the Tennessee Senate.