Preceded by Samuel Hays Name William Garvin Resigned March 3, 1847 Party Jacksonian democracy | Political party Jacksonian Died February 20, 1883 Role U.S. representative | |
Born July 25, 1806
Mercer, Pennsylvania ( 1806-07-25 ) Resting place Mercer Citizens’ Cemetery, Mercer, Pennsylvania Occupation Newspaper proprietor, postmaster, flour inspector | ||
Succeeded by John Wilson Farrelly Other political
affiliations Democratic | ||
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.
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Early years
Garvin was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania. At 13, he became an apprentice for Mercer County's Western Press, a Democratic newspaper.
Career
After journeying as a newspaper printer, in 1830 he returned to the Western Press as its proprietor, a position he held off and on for the rest of his life.
Garvin was postmaster of Mercer from 1837 to 1841.
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.
He also served as a flour inspector in Pittsburgh and was again appointed postmaster of Mercer in 1867 and served until 1869.
Garvin died on February 20, 1883, and was buried in Mercer Citizens’ Cemetery.