Robert Marion

Robert Marion (1766  March 22, 1811) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Robert Marion
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1805  December 4, 1810
Preceded byThomas Lowndes
Succeeded byLangdon Cheves
Member of the South Carolina Senate from St. John's, Berkeley Parish
In office
November 22, 1802  November 23, 1805
Preceded byHenry Laurens, Jr.
Succeeded byThomas Porcher
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. Stephen's Parish
In office
January 3, 1790  December 19, 1795
Personal details
Born1766 (1766)
Berkeley District, Province of South Carolina, British America
DiedMarch 22, 1811(1811-03-22) (aged 44–45)
St. Stephen's Parish, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Alma materUniversity of the State of Pennsylvania
Professionplanter, politician

Born 1766 in the Berkeley District of the Province of South Carolina, Marion graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia in 1784. He owned and managed a plantation at Belle Isle, South Carolina.

He served as a justice of quorum for St. Stephen's Parish and was the Justice of the Peace of Charleston, South Carolina. He then served in the State house of representatives from 1790 to 1796, and in the State senate from 1802 to 1805. Marion was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his resignation on December 4, 1810.

He died on his plantation in St. Stephen's Parish, March 22, 1811.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Robert Marion (id: M000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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