Marion Biggs

Marion Biggs

Marion Biggs (born May 2, 1823 in Curryville , Pike County , Missouri , †  August 2, 1910 in Gridley , California ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marion Biggs attended public schools in his home country. He first moved to California during the gold rush in 1850, but soon returned to Missouri. Between 1852 and 1856 he was a sheriff in Monroe County . In 1864 he went back to California, where he worked in the cattle trade and agriculture in general. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1867 and 1869 . In 1878 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the California constitution.

In the congressional elections of 1886 Biggs was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded James A. Louttit on March 4, 1887 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1890 he renounced another candidacy.

In 1889, Marion Biggs served as the California state commissioner for the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of President George Washington . He spent the rest of his life in Gridley, where he died on August 2, 1910.

Web links

• Marion Biggs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Marion Biggs in the database of Find a Grave (English)