Daniel Marcy

Daniel Marcy (born November 7, 1809 in Portsmouth , Rockingham County , New Hampshire , † November 3, 1893 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Marcy attended the public schools in his home country and then went to sea as a seaman. He later got into the shipbuilding business and began a political career. He became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1854 and 1857 he was an MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives ; between 1857 and 1858 he was a member of the State Senate . In the years 1858 and 1860 he ran unsuccessfully for the Congress .

In 1862, however, Marcy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first district of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Republican Gilman Marston on March 4, 1863 . But since he already lost to Marston in the following elections in 1864, he had to surrender his mandate back to his predecessor on March 3, 1865. His time in Congress was overshadowed by the events of the Civil War . At that time the state of West Virginia was established and accepted into the Union. A year later, in 1864, Nevada also joined the Union.

In 1871 and 1872 Marcy was again a member of the New Hampshire Senate, after which he has held no other significant political office. He died on November 3, 1893 in his native Portsmouth.

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SURNAME	Marcy, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 7, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portsmouth , Rockingham County , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH	November 3, 1893
Place of death	Portsmouth , Rockingham County , New Hampshire