William Swan Garvin

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Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". William Swan Garvin (July 25, 1806 – February 20, 1883) was a western Pennsylvania newspaper proprietor who is most widely known for his term as a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[1][2]

Early years

Garvin was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1806. At the age of thirteen, he became an apprentice for Mercer County's Western Press, a Democratic newspaper.[3][4][5]

Career

After journeying as a newspaper printer, he returned to the Western Press as its proprietor in 1830. He held that position off and on for the rest of his life.[6][7][8]

Garvin was postmaster of Mercer from 1837 to 1841.[9]

Garvin was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during that session.[10][11][12][13]

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

Death and interment

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

References

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  2. ↑ "Garvin, William Swan" (CongBio|G000089). Washington, D.C.: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, retrieved online September 8, 2024.
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  4. ↑ "Garvin, William Swan" (CongBio|G000089), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. ↑ "William S. Garvin," in "Personal." Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 21, 1882, p. 2 (subscription required).
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ "Two Old Editors Gone." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Times, February 21, 1882, p. 2 (subscription required).
  8. ↑ "William S. Garvin," in "Personal," Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 21, 1882, p. 2.
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  11. ↑ "Garvin, William Swan" (CongBio|G000089), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ↑ "Members of Congress Elected." Sunbury, Pennsylvania: The Sunbury American, October 17, 1844, p. 2.
  13. ↑ "William S. Garvin," in "Personal," Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 21, 1882, p. 2.
  14. ↑ "The Flour Inspector." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Post, April 15, 1852, p. 2 (subscription required).
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  17. ↑ "Garvin, William Swan" (CongBio|G000089), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  18. ↑ "William S. Garvin," in "Personal," Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 21, 1882, p. 2.

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