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Cornelius Leary

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Cornelius Leary
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byJ. Morrison Harris
Succeeded byHenry Winter Davis
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1838–1839
Personal details
Born
Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary

(1813-10-22)October 22, 1813
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 1893(1893-03-21) (aged 79)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeLorraine Cemetery
Political partyUnionist
Other political
affiliations
Know Nothing
Whig
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary (October 22, 1813 – March 21, 1893) was an American politician from Maryland.

Leary was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended the public schools. He graduated from St. Mary's College of Baltimore in 1833, and afterwards moved to Louisville, Kentucky. He returned to Baltimore in 1837, and served as a Whig member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1838 and 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and commenced practice in Baltimore. He was also a presidential elector on Maryland's victorious American Party ticket in 1856.

Leary was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress, where he served from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863. After his term in Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Baltimore, where he died. He is interred in Lorraine Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Cornelius Leary (id: L000179)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 3rd congressional district

1861–1863
Succeeded by

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