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David Marchand

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David Marchand
Member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district
In office
1817–1821
Preceded byWilliam Findley
Succeeded byGeorge Plumer
Personal details
BornDecember 10, 1776
Irwin, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 11, 1832(1832-03-11)(aged 55)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
ChildrenAlbert Gallatin Marchand

David Marchandwas a member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.He was born nearIrwin, Pennsylvania.He studied medicine and practiced inWestmoreland County, Pennsylvania.He was a major general of the Thirteenth Division of the State militia from 1812 to 1814. He had a son,Albert Gallatin Marchand.

Marchand was elected as aDemocratic-Republicanto theFifteenthCongress and reelected to theSixteenthCongress. He was electedprothonotaryof Westmoreland County in 1821. He resumed the practice of medicine and died inGreensburg, Pennsylvania,in 1832. Interment in Greensburg Cemetery.

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  • United States Congress."David Marchand (id: M000124)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's 11th congressional district

1817–1821
Succeeded by