Robert Marion | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1805 – December 4, 1810 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lowndes |
| Succeeded by | Langdon Cheves |
| Member of theSouth Carolina Senate fromSt. John's, Berkeley Parish | |
| In office November 22, 1802 – November 23, 1805 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Laurens, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Porcher |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives from St. Stephen's Parish | |
| In office January 3, 1790 – December 19, 1795 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1766 (1766) |
| Died | March 22, 1811(1811-03-22) (aged 44–45) |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Alma mater | University of the State of Pennsylvania |
| Profession | planter,politician |
Robert Marion (1766 – March 22, 1811) was aU.S. representative fromSouth Carolina.
Born 1766 in theBerkeley District of theProvince of South Carolina, Marion graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now theUniversity 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 thejustice of the peace ofCharleston, South Carolina. He then served in thestate house of representatives from 1790 to 1796, and in thestate senate from 1802 to 1805. Marion was elected as aDemocratic-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 inSt. Stephen's Parish, March 22, 1811.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 1st congressional district 1805–1810 | Succeeded by |
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