Marshall Bolds Champlain (December 22, 1824 in Stafford,

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– March 7, 1879 in

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, Allegany County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Personal life

Marshall B. Champlain was born in 1824 to Dr. Gilbert B. Champlain. He died of

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in 1879.

Legal career

He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and practised at Cuba, N.Y. He was District Attorney of Allegany County in 1845. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Allegany Co., 2nd D.) in

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; and was one of the Managers who prosecuted the impeachment of Canal Commissioner

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. He also successfully prosecuted Edward H. Rulloff for murder. Another of his cases was against the Erie Railway Company.

Political career

He was delegate to the

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at Charleston, South Carolina, and to the

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. In

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and

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he was the Democratic candidate for

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, but was defeated by his former fellow Democrats Daniel S. Dickinson and John Cochrane who were nominated by Union conventions of Republicans and

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. In

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, he finally was elected, and re-elected in

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, to the office. In 1871 he was defeated when running for re-election. He was a delegate to the

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of 1867.

Sources

His obit, in NYT on March 10, 1879 rroneously stating he was DA of Genesee Co., and stating that he was a descendant of Samuel de Champlain who had no known descendants]

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''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) ame given on page 264 as Marshall B. Chaplin, on page 370 as Champlinbr>Google Books
''The New York State Register for 1843'' edited by O. L. Holley (page 360, J. Disturnell, Albany NY, 1843) isted as Marshall B. Champlin, Master in Chancery, not DAbr>Google Books
''The New York State Register for 1847'' edited by Orville Luther Holley (page 38 and 126, J. Disturnell, New York NY, 1847) isted as Marshall B. Champlin, attorney at law; Lucien P. Wetherby is DA at this timebr>
His nomination, in NYT on September 22, 1861 ame given as Marshal B. Champlin

References

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