Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a

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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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in the

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district.

Biography

Marlin E. Olmsted was born in

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on May 21, 1847. He attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy. He was the assistant corporation clerk and promoted to corporation clerk in charge of collection of corporate taxes under Pennsylvania's revenue system. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and commenced practice in

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. He was elected to represent

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, in the proposed constitutional convention in 1891. He married Gertrude Howard on October 26, 1899. Olmsted was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He served as Chairman of the

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No. 2, during the Fifty-seventh through Sixtieth Congresses, and the

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, during the Sixty-first Congress. He was one of the managers appointed by the

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in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against

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, judge of the

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. He resumed the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. He died at

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on July 19, 1913, and was buried at

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