William Marks (Pennsylvania)

William Marks (* October 13 1778 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, † April 10, 1858 in Beaver, Pennsylvania) was an American politician who represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.

When Mark was still a little boy, his father moved with him to Allegheny County, where he received only a limited education. After he had served an apprenticeship as a tanner, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pittsburgh.

At local level, Marks took over in the wake numerous positions, including serving as the coroner ( coroner ) of Allegheny County. In 1810, his political career began with membership of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1819; for six years he served there as a speaker. In 1814 he was commander of the state militia. From 1820 to 1825 he sat in the Senate of Pennsylvania.

Finally, in 1824 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he held his position for the Nationalrepublikaner from March 4, 1825. He stood there before the Committee on engrossed bills and the Committee on Agriculture. After six years in the Senate Marks subject to the re-election attempt and resigned from his post. He worked in the result again as a lawyer in Pittsburgh, before he sat down to rest in Beaver, where he also died in 1858.