David Addison Noble (November 9, 1802 – October 13, 1876) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of

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who served a term in

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from 1853 to 1855. Noble was born in

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. He attended a private school in Plainfield and graduated from

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in Williamstown in 1825. He studied law in Albany and New York City and was admitted to the bar in 1831. That same year he commenced practice in New York City and then moved to

Monroe, Michigan Monroe is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Monroe had a population of 20,462 in the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but the two are administered auton ...

, continuing the practice of law. In Monroe, Noble served as city recorder in 1838, 1839, and 1844–1850, as mayor in 1852 and served two terms as

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. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1847 to 1848. He was also

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and

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of Monroe County. In 1854, Noble was elected as a

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from

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to the

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, serving from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress, losing to

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Henry Waldron in the general election. In 1858, Noble was appointed manager of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad and served four years. He served as a delegate to the

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. David A. Noble died in Monroe, Michigan, and was interred in

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. He was the father of Henry Shaw Noble and John Savage Noble.

External links

The Political Graveyard
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