William Swan Garvin (July 25, 1806 – February 20, 1883) was awestern Pennsylvanianewspaper proprietor who is most widely known for his term as aJacksonian andDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives.^[1][2]

Garvin was born inMercer, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1806. At the age of thirteen, he became an apprentice forMercer County'sWestern Press, a Democratic newspaper.^[3][4][5]

After a time as awandering journeyman printer, he returned to theWestern Press as itsproprietor in 1830. He held that position off and on for the rest of his life.^[6][7][8]

Garvin waspostmaster of Mercer from 1837 to 1841.^[9]

Garvin was elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-ninth Congress. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during that session.^{[10][11][12][13]}

He also served as a flour inspector inPittsburgh during the early 1850s,^[14] and was again appointed postmaster of Mercer in 1867 and served until 1869.^[15]

Garvin died on February 20, 1883, and was buried in the Mercer Citizens’ Cemetery.^[16][17][18]

• 1806 births
• 1883 deaths
• People from Mercer, Pennsylvania
• Politicians from Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Editors of Pennsylvania newspapers
• Pennsylvania postmasters
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• American male journalists
• 19th-century American male writers
• 19th-century American newspaper editors
• 19th-century United States representatives

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