United States Motor Company
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The United States Motor Company (USMC) was organized by Benjamin Briscoe in 1910. This was an effort to try to save several independent automotive manufacturing companies who were having great difficulty in getting the necessary financial backing. Those companies included: Maxwell, Stoddard-Dayton, Courier Car Co, Columbia, Brush Motor Car Company, Sampson Trucks and Gray Marine, with the Thomas and other lines coming aboard later. In 1912 the company went into receivership. The United States Motor Company failed in 1913. A conflict between two of its backers, who also had a financial interest in General Motors, led to the downfall. The Maxwell assets were purchased by Walter Flanders, who reorganized the company as the Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. This was the only surviving member of the group. In the early 1920's this company was reorganized and became Chrysler.