William Vance Marquis (May 1, 1828 – December 17, 1899) was an American politician who served as the 22nd lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1890 to 1892 under Governor

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Biography

Marquis was born at

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May 1, 1828. He was moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio at age five. He was in merchandising. He worked at his father's store until it closed in 1848. On November 12, 1860, Marquis was married to Annie M. Sterritt, of Logan County, Ohio,

Career

He was named postmaster of Bellefontaine in 1853 by President

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, serving until 1861. 1862–1870 he was in partnership as a hardware merchant, and continued alone after that. Along with William Lawrence, he organized the Bellefontaine National Bank in 1871. Marquis was a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention, (St. Louis). He was nominated in 1878 for the

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Congressional District, but lost to

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. In the 1889 election for Lieutenant Governor, Republican Elbert L. Lampson defeated Democrat Marquis by a margin of 375,090 to 375, 068. Lampson was unseated after serving eighteen days, when the Democratic

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seated Marquis in his place. Smith 1898 : 581

Death

His wife, Annie, died in August 1868.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquis, William V. Hardware merchants Lieutenant governors of Ohio People from Bellefontaine, Ohio Ohio Democrats 1828 births 1899 deaths 19th-century American politicians People from Mount Vernon, Ohio