| 词条 | Hugh Maxwell |
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Hugh Maxwell (1787 Paisley, Scotland – March 31, 1873 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. LifeMaxwell graduated from Columbia College in 1808. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar. During the War of 1812, he was an Assistant Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army. He was New York County District Attorney from 1817 to 1818 and from 1821 to 1829. On September 15, 1826, Jacob Barker, Henry Eckford, and other leaders of Tammany Hall were indicted for allegedly committing millions of dollars in acts of fraud against banks, insurance companies, and private citizens, and Maxwell subsequently prosecuted them for "conspiracy to defraud." The first trial ended in a hung jury in October 1826, although some defendants were convicted in a second trial. Eckford, a famous shipbuilder and entrepreneur of the time, was not prosecuted again after the first trial and sought an apology and public statement of his innocence from Maxwell, but succeeded only in getting Maxwell to make a statement that Eckford had been duped by others into illegal acts. Eckford challenged Maxwell to a duel in December 1827, but Maxwell ignored him. In 1849, Maxwell was appointed by President Zachary Taylor as Collector of the Port of New York and remained in office until 1853, when his term expired. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law, but retired after a few years. NotesSources
| before = John Rodman | title = New York County District Attorney | years=1817–1818 | after=Pierre C. Van Wyck}}{{succession box | before = Pierre C. Van Wyck | title = New York County District Attorney | years=1821–1829 | after=Ogden Hoffman}}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | before = Cornelius W. Lawrence | title = Collector of the Port of New York | years = 1849–1853 | after = Greene C. Bronson}}{{s-end}}{{Manhattan DA}}{{CollectorPortNY}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Hugh}} 7 : 1787 births|1873 deaths|New York County District Attorneys|Collectors of the Port of New York|Columbia University alumni|Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire|19th-century American politicians |
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