Richard P. Marvin

Richard Pratt Marvin ( born December 23, 1803 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York, † January 11, 1892 in Jamestown, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1837 and 1841 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1809, Richard Marvin moved with his parents to Dryden, where he attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree in 1829 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Jamestown in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. In 1836 and 1837 he sat as an MP in the New York State Assembly.

In the congressional elections of 1836 Marvin was in the 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Abner Hazeltine on March 4, 1837. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1841 two legislative sessions. Since 1839 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Post Ministry.

1840 renounced Richard Marvin on another Congress candidate. In 1846, he participated as a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state; 1847 to 1871 he was a judge in the eighth judicial district of New York. He then practiced as a lawyer again. He died on January 11, 1892 in Jamestown.