1. William Marvin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the 7th Governor of Florida.
18 Facts About William Marvin
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William Marvin was raised on his family's farm, graduated from Homer Academy at age 15 and began teaching school.
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William Marvin later studied law with a local attorney, and he attained admission to the bar in 1833.
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In 1835, William Marvin was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Territory, and he served until 1839.
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William Marvin was Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Territory from 1839 to 1845.
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On March 2,1847, Marvin was nominated by President James K Polk to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a new judgeship authorized by 9 Stat.
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William Marvin was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3,1847, and received his commission the same day.
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William Marvin remained loyal to the Union during the American Civil War and his judicial service was terminated when he resigned on July 1,1863.
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William Marvin was a United States senator-elect from Florida in 1866, but the United States Senate refused to seat him because Florida had not yet been readmitted to the Union.
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In 1866, William Marvin served a second term as mayor of Key West.
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William Marvin left Florida during Reconstruction and continued practicing law in Skaneateles.
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William Marvin remained active in Democratic Party politics and served a term as president of the village of Skaneateles, in addition to running unsuccessful campaigns for New York State Senate and delegate to the 1894 state constitutional convention.
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William Marvin died in Skaneateles on July 9,1902, at the age of 94.
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William Marvin was the author of a nationally recognized textbook on marine salvage law, A Treatise on the Law of Wreck and Salvage.
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William Marvin authored a second work, The Authorship of the Four Gospels.
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In 1846, William Marvin married Harriet Newell Foote, the daughter of Judge Elisha Foote.
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Harriet Foote died in 1848, and in 1867, William Marvin married Elizabeth Riddle Jewett of Skaneateles.
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Marvin's brother Richard P Marvin was a member of the United States House of Representatives and later a New York state judge.