David Marchand

Summary

David Marchand was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was born near Irwin, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and practiced in Westmoreland 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.

David Marchand
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania'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

Marchand was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress. He was elected prothonotary of Westmoreland County in 1821. He resumed the practice of medicine and died in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1832. Interment in Greensburg Cemetery.

Sources edit

  • 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 the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

1817–1821
Succeeded by