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Olmsted, Marlin E. (Marlin Edgar), 1847-1913

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Personal name headingOlmsted, Marlin E. (Marlin Edgar), 1847-1913
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Variant(s)Olmsted, Mr., 1853-1913
Olmstead, Mr., 1853-1913
Olmsted, Marlin E. (Marlin Edgar), 1853-1914
Olmsted, Marlin E. (Marlin Edgar), 1853-1913
LocatedWashington, D.C. Harrisburg, Pa.
Birth date18470521
Death date19130719
Place of deathNew York, N.Y.
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationLegislators
Special noteOld heading: Olmsted, Marlin E. (Marlin Edgar), 1853-1914; changed date of death from 1914 to 1913 on Sept. 24, 2009; changed date of birth from 1853 to 1847 on Mar. 11, 2010)
Found inBryan's opinion of Parker ... 1904: p. 1 (Mr. Olmstead [i.e. Olmsted])
OCLC database, 3/19/98 (hdg.: Olmsted, Marlin Edgar, 1853-1914; usage: Hon. Marlin E. Olmsted of Pennsylvania, Mr. Olmsted)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress 1774-present, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Olmsted, Marlin Edgar; b. May 21, 1847 near Ulysses township, Potter County, Pa.; attended the common schools and Coudersport (Pa.) Academy; assistant corporation clerk and promoted to corporation clerk in charge of collection of corporate taxes under Pennsylvania revenue system; studied law; was admitted to the bar November 25, 1878, and commenced practice in Harrisburg; elected to represent Dauphin County in the proposed constitutional convention in 1891; elected as a Republican to 55th and to seven succeeding Congresses (Mar. 4, 1897-Mar. 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2 (57th-60th Congresses), Committee on Insular Affairs (61st Congress); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida; was not a candidate for renomination in 1912 to 63rd Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Harrisburg, Pa.; died in New York City on July 19, 1913; interment in the Harrisburg Cemetery)