Alem Marr (June 18, 1787March 29, 1843) was a
Jacksonian member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Marr was born in
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. In 1795 he and his family relocated near
Milton, Pennsylvania
Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is approximately 10 miles upriver from the mouth ...
. He graduated from
Princeton College
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in 1807, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in
Danville, Pennsylvania
Danville is a borough in and the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. The population was 4,221 at the census.
Danville is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.
...
.
Marr was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1830 and retired to his farm near Milton where he died; his remains were interred in Milton Cemetery.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1787 births
1843 deaths
People from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
People from Danville, Pennsylvania
Princeton University alumni
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Burials in Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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