YEARS 1786-1856
OFFICE Representative
STATE New York
POLITICAL PARTY Adams, Adams-Clay Republican, Whig
WHICH CONGRESS SERVED 18th (1823-1825), 19th (1825-1827), 20th (1827-1829), 30th (1847-1849)
Representative Dudley MARVIN Biography
MARVIN, Dudley, a Representative from New York; born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., May 9, 1786; attended Colchester (Conn.) Academy; moved to Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1807 and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Erie, Pa.; returned to Canandaigua, N.Y., the same year and continued the practice of law; lieutenant in the state militia in 1812; promoted successively to colonel, brigadier general, and major general; elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829); devoted his time to developing various mechanical improvements, which he patented; moved to New York City in 1835 and to Ripley, Chautauqua County, N.Y. in 1843, and continued the practice of law; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); resumed practice of law in Ripley, N.Y., where he died June 25, 1856; interment in East Ripley Cemetery. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
External Research Collections
New-York Historical Society New York, NY Papers: February 17, 1816; May 29, 1832. 2 letters. Finding aid in repository.
Bibliography
Marvin, Dudley. Letter of the Hon. Dudley Marvin, of New York. [Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1848].
Dudley MARVIN Committee Assignments
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