Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh (* July 10, 1765 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; † January 11, 1849 in Woodstock, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1815 and 1817 he represented the fifth electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1773 Charles Marsh came with his parents to Hartford. He initially enjoyed a private education and then studied until 1786 at Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). After studying law in Litchfield, and its made ​​in 1788 admitted to the bar he began in Woodstock to work in his new profession. Between 1797 and 1801 Marsh was United States Attorney for the District of Vermont.

Marsh was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1814, he was elected as its candidate in the fifth district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Richard Skinner on March 4, 1815. By March 3, 1817 Marsh completed a term in Congress. During his time in the federal capital, he founded the American Colonization Society.

After his time in the House, Marsh worked as a lawyer again. From 1809 to 1849 he was curator of Dartmouth College. Charles Marsh was the father of George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), who represented the third electoral district of Vermont in Congress 1843-1849.