William Swan Garvin

For the Medal of Honor winner, see William Garvin (Medal of Honor).
William Swan Garvin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd district
In office
March 4, 1845  March 3, 1847
Preceded by Samuel Hays
Succeeded by John Wilson Farrelly
Personal details
Born (1806-07-25)July 25, 1806
Mercer, Pennsylvania
Died February 20, 1883(1883-02-20) (aged 76)
Resting place Mercer Citizens’ Cemetery, Mercer, Pennsylvania
Political party Jacksonian
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
Occupation Newspaper proprietor, postmaster, flour inspector
Committees House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings

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.

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.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Samuel Hays
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district

1845 - 1847
Succeeded by
John W. Farrelly


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