14 Facts About Marion Biggs

Marion Biggs was an American slave owner and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1887 to 1891.

Marion Biggs was born on May 2,1823, near Curryville, Pike County, Missouri.

Marion Biggs was close friends with Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri politician.

Marion Biggs engaged in the business of buying and selling mules and horses.

In 1844, Marion Biggs attended the 1844 Whig National Convention as a Missouri delegate.

Marion Biggs then served as the sheriff of Monroe County from 1852 through 1856.

Marion Biggs was elected to the California State Assembly from Sacramento County in 1867 and from Butte County in 1869.

Marion Biggs was elected to the State constitutional convention from the state at large in 1878.

Marion Biggs was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses.

Marion Biggs was not a candidate for re-election in 1890.

Marion Biggs was a commissioner to attend the centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States in 1889.

Marion Biggs was originally interred in New Helvetia Cemetery, Sacramento, California.

When that area was chosen to become Miwok Middle School, Marion Biggs was re-interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery.

The city of Marion Biggs, California was named after Marion Biggs, who founded it.