Richard P. Marvin

Richard Pratt Marvin (December 23, 1803 – January 11, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. A Whig, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1841.

Richard P. Marvin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 31st district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	Abner Hazeltine
Succeeded by	Staley N. Clarke
Personal details
Born	Richard Pratt Marvin December 23, 1803 Fairfield, New York
Died	January 11, 1892 (aged 88) Jamestown, New York
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Isabella Newland ​ ​ (m. 1834; died 1872)​
Relations	William Marvin (brother)

Early life

Marvin was born on December 23, 1803 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. He was a son of Selden Marvin and Charlotte (née Pratt) Marvin.[1] His family removed to Dryden, New York, in 1809. His brother, William Marvin, was a United States federal judge and the 7th Governor of Florida.[2]

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and commenced practice in Jamestown, New York.

Career

He was a member from Chautauqua County of the New York State Assembly in 1836.[3]

Marvin was elected as a Whig to the 25th and 26th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841. He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (26th Congress).[3]

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (8th District) from 1847 to 1871, and was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1855 and 1863.[4] Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Jamestown.

Portrait of his daughter Mary, by Ellen Emmet Rand, 1906.

Personal life

On September 8, 1834, Marvin was married to Isabella Newland (1811–1872), a daughter of David Newland and Jane (née McHarg) Newland. Together, they were the parents of:[1]

• Selden Erastus Marvin (1835–1899), the Adjutant General of New York who married Katharine Langdon Parker (1846–1907) in 1868.[1]
• David Newland Marvin (1839–1875), who married Julia Ormes, a daughter of Dr. Cornelius Ormes, in 1870.[1]
• Mary Elizabeth Marvin (1841–1907), who married Benjamin Goodrich, founder of the B. F. Goodrich Company.[5]
• William Richard Marvin (1843–1863), who died unmarried of disease contracted while serving in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.[1]
• Isabella Marvin (1849–1881), who died unmarried.[1]

Marvin died on January 11, 1892 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. He was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown.[1]

References

1. Marvin, George Franklin; Marvin, William Theophilus Rogers (1904). Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635: Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England. Higginson Book Company. p. 270. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1862. p. 238. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. Hough, Franklin Benjamin (1858). The New York Civil List: containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time. Weed, Parsons and Co. pp. 217, 291, 352. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
4. "N.Y. State Courts". www.courts.state.ny.us. N.Y. State Courts. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. "MRS. GOODRICH PASSES AWAY IN NEW YORK". The Akron Beacon Journal. 15 April 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

• United States Congress. "Richard P. Marvin (id: M000211)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Richard Pratt Marvin at Find a Grave

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.