Richard Pratt MarvinRichard Pratt Marvin
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from 1837 to 1841.

Early life

Marvin was born on December 23, 1803, in Fairfield,

Herkimer County, New York Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named a ...

. He was a son of Selden Marvin and Charlotte (

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Pratt) Marvin. His family removed to

Dryden, New York Dryden is a town in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 14,435 at the 2010 census. The town administers an area that includes two villages, one also named Dryden and one named Freeville, as well as a number of hamlets. ...

, in 1809. His brother,

William Marvin William Marvin (April 14, 1808 – July 9, 1902) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the 7th Governor of Florida. Education and career Marvin was born in Fairfield, Ne ...

, was a

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and the 7th

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. He studied law, was

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in 1829, and commenced practice in

Jamestown, New York Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest pop ...

Career

He was a member from Chautauqua County of the

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in 1836. Marvin was elected as a Whig to the 25th and

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es, and served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1841. He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (26th Congress). He was a delegate to the

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of 1846. He was a justice of the

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(8th District) from 1847 to 1871, and was

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a judge of the

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in 1855 and 1863. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Jamestown. Ellen Emmet Rand - Mrs

Personal life

On September 8, 1834, Marvin was married to Isabella Newland (1811–1872), a daughter of David Newland and Jane (née McHarg) Newland. Together, they were the parents of: * Selden Erastus Marvin (1835–1899), the

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who married Katharine Langdon Parker (1846–1907) in 1868. * David Newland Marvin (1839–1875), who married Julia Ormes, a daughter of Dr. Cornelius Ormes, in 1870. * Mary Elizabeth Marvin (1841–1907), who married

Benjamin Goodrich Benjamin Franklin Goodrich (November 4, 1841 – August 3, 1888) was an American industrialist in the rubber industry and founder of B.F. Goodrich Company. Early life Goodrich was born in the farming town of Ripley, New York on November 4, 1841. ...

, founder of the B. F. Goodrich Company. * William Richard Marvin (1843–1863), who died unmarried of disease contracted while serving in the

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during the

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. * Isabella Marvin (1849–1881), who died unmarried. Marvin died on January 11, 1892, in Jamestown,

Chautauqua County, New York Chautauqua County is the westernmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the population was 127,657. Its county seat is Mayville, New York, Mayville, an ...

. He was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marvin, Richard Pratt 1803 births 1892 deaths Members of the New York State Assembly New York Supreme Court Justices Judges of the New York Court of Appeals People from Fairfield, New York Politicians from Jamestown, New York Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Dryden, New York 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American judges