Background
Marchand, David was born on December 10, 1776 in near Irwin, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative politician
Marchand, David was born on December 10, 1776 in near Irwin, Pennsylvania, United States.
Studied medicine.
This article is about the politician. Foreign the musician, see Davey Havok. David Marchand (father of Albert Gallatin Marchand) was born near Irwin, Pennsylvania.
He studied medicine and practiced in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
He was a major general of the Thirteenth Division of the State militia from 1812 to 1814. Marchand was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress.
He was elected prothonotary of Westmoreland County in 1821. He resumed the practice of medicine and died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1832.
Interment in Greensburg Cemetery.
Member United States House
Children include Albert Gallatin Marchand.