Samuel Bostwick Garvin (October 8, 1811 – June 28, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Personal life and history

Garvin was born in Butternuts,

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Norwich ( Chenango Co.). On January 14, 1836, he married Julia Maria Mitchell; the daughter of

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and Rowena Wales. In 1840, he removed to Utica and continued the practice of law there. He was District Attorney of Oneida County from 1851 to 1853. In June 1853, he was appointed by President

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U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and remained in office until 1857. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in New York City. In 1859, D.A.

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appointed him an Assistant New York County District Attorney. In 1863, Garvin was elected to the New York City Superior Court. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867-68. In January 1869, he resigned from the bench to accept his appointment by Gov.

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as New York County D.A. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Oakey Hall who took office as

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. In November 1869, Garvin was elected on the

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ticket to succeed himself for a full term. In 1869, he prosecuted Daniel McFarland for the murder of

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, but McFarland was acquitted. He died of apoplexy in New York City, at his residence at the Hotel Royal, located on the corner of Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 531)
''Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America''''LATEST INTELLIGENCE''
in NYT on June 9, 1853
''POLITICAL.; THE ELECTION TO-MORROW''
in NYT on November 1, 1869
''OBITUARY.; SAMUEL B. GARVIN''
in NYT on June 29, 1878 Note: {{DEFAULTSORT:Garvin, Samuel Bostwick 1811 births 1878 deaths New York County District Attorneys People from Butternuts, New York People from Norwich, New York United States Attorneys for the Northern District of New York 19th-century American politicians