Dudley Marvin

Dudley Marvin ( born May 9, 1786 in Lyme, Connecticut; † June 25, 1856 in Ripley, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1823 and 1829, and 1847-1849 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Dudley Marvin was born about three years after the end of the Revolutionary War in New London County. He attended Colchester Academy. In 1807 he moved to Canandaigua, where he studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1811 he began to practice in Erie ( Pennsylvania). He returned in the same year, back to Canandaigua, where he continued his activities as a lawyer. In 1812 he served as a lieutenant in the militia of New York. He was promoted several times, most recently to major general.

As a result of fragmentation of the Democratic-Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams - Clay Group. In the congressional elections of 1822 for the 18th Congress Marvin was in the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he was the first representative of the 26th District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives began its service on March 4, 1823. He then joined at the Adams Group. In 1824 he successfully ran for the 19th Congress. He was re-elected once and then retired after March 3, from 1829, the Congress of.

After his conference time he devoted himself to the development of various innovations, which he patented. In 1835 he moved to New York City and from there in 1843 to Ripley in Chautauqua County, where he continued to practice as a lawyer.

He joined in the aftermath of the Whig party to. In the congressional elections of 1846 for the 30th Congress, he was elected in 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Abner Lewis on March 4, 1847. He retired after March 3, 1849 from the Congress. His time Congress was overshadowed by the Mexican-American War.

Then he went to Ripley back to his work as a lawyer after. He died there about five years before the outbreak of the Civil War. His body was then buried in the East Ripley Cemetery.