James M. Marvin

James M. Marvin

James Madison Marvin (born February 27, 1809 in Ballston , New York , † April 25, 1901 in Saratoga Springs , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1863 and 1869 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Madison Marvin was born in Ballston, Saratoga County , about three years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended community schools. Then he moved to Saratoga Springs, where he was in the hotel business there and in Albany . Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party at the time. In 1845 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He served on the Saratoga County's Board of Supervisors and presided over it in 1845, 1857, 1862, and 1874.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress , Marvin was elected as a Republican in the 18th electoral district of New York to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Clark B. Cochrane on March 4, 1863 . He was re-elected twice in a row. Since he on a run again in 1868 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1869 Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury ( 39th and 40th Congresses ).

After his time in Congress, he was President of the First National Bank of Saratoga Springs and Director of the New York Central Railroad . He died on April 25, 1901 in Saratoga Springs and was then buried in Greenridge Cemetery .

Web links

• James M. Marvin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James M. Marvin in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• James M. Marvin on The National Cyclopædia of American Biography