Richard Pratt

United States representative lawyer politician

December 23, 1803 (age 88)

Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York

His family removed to Dryden, New York, in 1809. He was a member from Chautauqua County of the New York State Assembly in 1836. 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). 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. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Jamestown. He was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown.

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

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His family removed to Dryden, New York, in 1809. He was a member from Chautauqua County of the New York State Assembly in 1836. 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).

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.

Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Jamestown. He was buried at the Lakeview Cemetery in Jamestown.

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