Background
Maxcy, Virgil was born on May 5, 1785 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Levi and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Maxcy, Virgil was born on May 5, 1785 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Levi and Ruth (Newell) Maxcy.
Bachelor of Arts, A.M., Brown U., 1804. Studied law under Robert Goodloe Harper, Baltimore.
Admitted to Maryland. bar. Member Maryland. Executive Council, 1815. Member Maryland. House of Representatives and Senate, circa 1815-circa 1830.
A leader in calling and transacting Maryland. Jacksonian Convention (1st held in the United States), 1827. 1st United States solicitor of treasury, 1830-1837.
Charge d’affaires, Brussels, Belgium, 1837-1842, unsuccessful in negotiating United States-Belgian commercial treaty and in securing payment of America mchts’. claims for goods destroyed in Antwerp, Belgium during 1830 revolution. Author: The Laws of Maryland, with The Charter, The Bill of Rights, The Consitution of The State and Its Alterations… 1692-1809, 3 vols., 1811.
Member Maryland. Executive Council, 1815. Member Maryland. House of Representatives and Senate, circa 1815-circa 1830.
Married Mary Galloway.