John M. Mitchell

John Murray Mitchell was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Representative from New York.

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. He graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1879.

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. 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.