Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries (born August 15, 1865 in Woodbridge , San Joaquin County , California , †  September 11, 1939 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1897 and 1900 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

Marion De Vries attended public schools in his home country as well as San Joaquin College , which he graduated from in 1886. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his 1887 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Stockton in this profession. Between 1893 and 1897 he was the assistant district attorney in San Joaquin County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1896 De Vries was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded Grove L. Johnson on March 4, 1897 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 20, 1900 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell .

De Vries resigned after his appeal to a court position. Between 1900 and 1910 he was a member of the panel of experts at the Customs Court in New York City . From 1906 he was its chairman. From 1910 to 1922 De Vries served as a judge at the United States Court of Customs Appeals . He then practiced as a lawyer in Washington and New York. He died on September 11, 1939 on his ranch near Woodbridge.

Web links

• Marion De Vries in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Marion De Vries in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

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