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 between 1847 and 1849 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

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

As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams-Clay faction. In the congressional election of 1822 for the 18th Congress , Marvin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he became the first representative of the 26th district of New York in the US on March 4, 1823 -House of Representatives began his service. He then joined the Adams faction. In 1824 he successfully ran for the 19th Congress . He was re-elected once and then dropped out after the March 3, 1829 Congress of.

After his time at the congress 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 subsequently joined the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1846 for the 30th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the 31st constituency of New York, where he succeeded Abner Lewis on March 4, 1847 . He left the Congress after March 3, 1849. His time in Congress was overshadowed by the Mexican-American War .

He then went back to Ripley as a lawyer. He died there about five years before the outbreak of the civil war . His body was then interred in East Ripley Cemetery .

Web links

• Dudley Marvin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dudley Marvin in the database of Find a Grave (English)