Nathan Marsh Pusey (21 June 1841 – 9 October 1922) was an American politician. Pusey was born on 21 June 1841 in

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. His family moved to Baltimore when he was eight years old, where he attended the Light Street Institute, a private school run by Ashbury Morgan. He read law with Henry Stockbridge Sr., the father of Henry Stockbridge Jr., then, in 1864, received a license to practice law in Maryland. Pusey remained in Baltimore until 1878, when he moved to

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. Between 1882 and 1892, Pusey worked alongside W. F. Sapp, at the Sapp & Pusey law firm. Pusey, a

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, served on the

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for

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from 1896 to 1900. Nathan Marsh Pusey married Gertrude Morgan in 1865. His older brother

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was an Iowa state senator from 1858 to 1862, and represented Iowa's 9th congressional district in the

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from 1883 to 1885. Nathan Marsh Pusey died in Council Bluffs on 9 October 1922.

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